EU OK's $75M Chemrec grant, clears way for BioDME

In Sweden, the European Union approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million, $75 million) R&D grant  towards the industrial scale demonstration biofuels plant based on Chemrec’s gasification technology at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The plant will produce bioDME using forest harvest residues as energy feedstock. The plant will be based on the Chemrec black liquor gasification technology combined with advanced technology for fuels production. The project investment cost is estimated at approximately SEK 3 billion for a production capacity of 140 000 ton biomethanol or 100 000 ton bioDME per year.

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