Project pyrolysis oil upgrading

Project Owner... Pyrocell (JV of Setra and Preem)  
Project name pyrolysis oil upgrading  
Status operational  
Startup 2021  
Geodata
Country Sweden  
City Gavle  
Production
Type TRL 9 Commercial  
Technology PVC3: Transport fuel intermediates from thermolytic processes  
Technology additional information BTG-BTL technology  
Raw Material organic residues and waste streams  
Input 1 saw dust (85,000 t/y )  
Output 1 pyrolysis oil (24,000 t/y )  
Additional Information
Funding SEK 117,000,000  
Funding Explanation Swedish programm Climate Step  
Partners Preem  
Additional Information The planned production facility will turn sawdust into pyrolysis oil, a renewable raw material for biofuel. Construction is expected to begin in 2019, and the facility is estimated to provide around 25,000 tonnes of pyrolysis oil per year that, via Preem’s refinery in Lysekil, will be refined into biofuel. An application for an environmental permit has been made.  
Contact Information
Preem’s press telephone, +46 (0)70 450 10 01, press@preem.se  
Last Update: 2025-01-30 13:47:22