VGM: Commissioning underway with successful “power on” at the early production line at Hønefoss

Vow Green Metals will produce its first biocarbon from the early production line during the commissioning process, and the company expects to finalize this process in November, before entering operations and ramping up production over the following months.

“We are pleased to have started the commissioning process, the first in Vow Green Metals’ history. As part of this process, we will identify improvements and track learnings that will be transferred to our next projects. The results so far are reassuring, and the project is progressing well,” said Chief Executive Officer of Vow Green Metals, Cecilie Jonassen.

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For further information, please contact:
Mathias Nilsen Reierth, Director of Corporate Affairs and Commercial, Vow Green Metals AS.
Tel: + 47 988 05 724
Email: mathias.reierth@vowgreenmetals.com

About Vow Green Metals
Vow Green Metals’ strategy is to be a leading producer of biocarbon and other carbon-neutral products that enable the green transition in hard-to-abate industries. We are on a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to renewable materials by offering green alternatives to replace fossil reduction agents in the metallurgical industry. The core of our business is to build, own and operate biocarbon production plants using state-of-the-art pyrolysis technology to turn biomass and biomass waste-streams into our core product, biocarbon. Our biocarbon production process also creates other valuable products like bio-oil and bioenergy. With our standardized solutions, unique access to proprietary technology, and a growing global pipeline of projects, we are upholding our first-mover position in a growing market where speed and scale will be determining factors. Vow Green Metals is building a new biocarbon industry on the shoulders of its main owner and technology partner, Vow ASA, which provides access to competence and capabilities acquired through decades of industrial innovation.