Sekab starts a feasibility study for a plant to produce biobased chemicals and fuels
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Sekab is starting a feasibility study with the aim of investigating the conditions for building a production facility in which its own technology CelluAPP will be used to create green chemicals from forest waste.
Press release: “Sekab is investing in its own technology: wants to build a production plant for green chemicals and biofuels”, 3/11/2020.
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Figure 1. Monica Normak, CTO at Sekab, in the demo facility at Örnsköldsvik (taken from the press release)
CelluAPP takes residual products from the forest (such as sawdust) and processes them into green raw materials (such as wood sugar, ethanol and lignin) that, in turn, can be transformed in green products: from biofuels to asphalt and medicines. The technology has been developed and tested in Sekab’s demonstration plant and is now ready for large scale use.
With increasing demand for green chemicals, Sekab sees an opportunity to contribute to climate change mitigation by commercialising its technology. Now the conditions for building a production plant that makes green chemicals from residual products from the forest will be investigated. The feasibility study will carefully and thoroughly investigate the conditions for the building of a production facility. Partners, financing and location are issues that must be processed. As a first step, Sekab is currently seeking investment support from the European Innovation Fund. The feasibility study will be completed in the autumn of 2022.