Praj and Sekab team up to accelerate a green transition
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Praj Industries
(Praj) and Sekab E-technology AB (Sekab) have
signed a collaboration agreement in order to upgrade and commercialize
technology solutions geared towards the production of sustainable biofuels and
chemical products.
Press release (Praj): “Praj
joins forces with Sekab, Sweden to help mitigate climate change”, 15/5/2020.
Press release (Sekab): “Sekab
and Praj Industries in collaboration to accelerate a green transition”, 18/5/2020.
Figure 1. Praj and Sekab join forces to
accelerate a green transition
As a part of this cooperation, Praj will add
significant value to Sekab's CelluAPP
technology, a proprietary process for pretreatment of wood residue followed by
enzymatic hydrolysis and co-fermentation to produce ethanol. Praj has
complementary strengths by way of its state-of-the-art R&D, optimizing and
integrating technologies, scale-up engineering and experience of developing and
deploying technologies at commercial scale.
The Praj-Sekab partnership will facilitate CO2
reduction by offering mobility solutions for the transportation industry (see Praj’s
Bio-MobilityTM platform)
in the form of advanced biofuels produced from softwood. Both companies will
jointly pursue identified commercial opportunities to support projects catering
to environmental protection and bioenergy. The market includes the Nordic
countries, the USA, Canada and other boreal regions around the world where
softwood residues are an unused resource.