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September 01, 10
BioDME is a novel and climate neutral biofuel produced from forestry feedstock. The fuel is primarily intended for use in heavy vehicles. BioDME provides superior energy and environmental benefits and allows greenhouse gas emission reductions of up to 95% compared with conventional diesel.
The global potential For BioDME is around 30 million tons of diesel equivalents per year, enough to fuel a million heavy trucks.The first BioDME filling station opens in Stockholm on September 7.
This pilot plant is built at the SmurfitKappa pulp and container board mill and utilizes the pulping process by-product black liquor to produce the fuel. The biofuels process is based on gasification technology from Chemrec AB and fuel synthesis technology from Haldor Topsøe A/S. Volvo Trucks, Swedish fuels company Preem, French oil and gas giant Total, auto parts company Delphi and local research institute ETC are also participating in the project. The BioDME produced is used in a truck test fleet from Volvo. Operators of the vehicles include DHL, Green Cargo and Posten Logistics.