Sweden breaks ground on unique BioDME development
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden today inaugurated the world’s first plant for the production of a renewable automotive fuel called BioDME.
The plant is being constructed by Sweden-based development company Chemrec as part of the BioDME project with consortium members Chemrec, Haldor Topsøe, Volvo, Preem, Total, Delphi and ETC. The project is supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU's Seventh Framework Programme.
The pilot plant is expected to begin production in July 2010 with a capacity of about 4 tonnes per day using forest residues as feedstock. The estimated cost of the plant is around SEK 150 million (€14 million).
At the inauguration event the full concept of the BioDME project - from wood to wheel - was presented for the first time. Preem presented fuel distribution and how to fill the tank, and Volvo Trucks demonstrated the first heavy-duty truck with an engine adapted for BioDME fuel.
Volvo will put fourteen BioDME-run trucks into operation to carefully study in a field test whether the fuel is a viable option for the heavy truck transports of the future. Preem will build four filling stations for BioDME to support the fleet test.
BioDME based on forestry or agricultural residues is a renewable and environmentally superior automotive fuel. The Chemrec process is used to produce BioDME from black liquor, a by-product of the pulp and paper industry.
The plant is being constructed by Sweden-based development company Chemrec as part of the BioDME project with consortium members Chemrec, Haldor Topsøe, Volvo, Preem, Total, Delphi and ETC. The project is supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU's Seventh Framework Programme.
The pilot plant is expected to begin production in July 2010 with a capacity of about 4 tonnes per day using forest residues as feedstock. The estimated cost of the plant is around SEK 150 million (€14 million).
At the inauguration event the full concept of the BioDME project - from wood to wheel - was presented for the first time. Preem presented fuel distribution and how to fill the tank, and Volvo Trucks demonstrated the first heavy-duty truck with an engine adapted for BioDME fuel.
Volvo will put fourteen BioDME-run trucks into operation to carefully study in a field test whether the fuel is a viable option for the heavy truck transports of the future. Preem will build four filling stations for BioDME to support the fleet test.
BioDME based on forestry or agricultural residues is a renewable and environmentally superior automotive fuel. The Chemrec process is used to produce BioDME from black liquor, a by-product of the pulp and paper industry.
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