All Entries Tagged With: "black liquor"

Closing down $24 billion biofuels tax credit loophole: a good idea (here’s why)

In Washington, the Health Care Bill passed the US House of Representatives and included — as part of a 42-page “manager’s amendment”, a provision striking a biofuel tax credit used by pulp and paper firms that could have been worth up to $24 billion. According to a report in FOX News, “That’s desperately needed revenue [...]

November 09, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

Chemrec to break ground on BioDME demo plant in Sweden, using black liquor gasification

In Sweden, Chemrec announced that they will break ground in September on a BioDME (dimethyl ether) demonstration plant project in Piteå. The project will be completed in mid-2010, and will demonstrate the production of an advanced diesel fuel, DME, from forest biomass over the black liquor route. The company’s black liquor gasification development plant, also [...]

August 12, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Chemrec says US could produce 5B gallons of ethanol from pulp mill black liquor

In Sweden, biomass-to-energy company Chemrec was named among Europe’s most innovative and promising technology companies at this week’s European Tech Tour Cleantech Summit, and one of the Nordic 50 cleantech companies. The company utilizes a gasification technology to convert black liquor byproduct of pulp mills into renewable biofuels, biochemicals or power.
According to the company, its [...]

June 19, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0