Pyrocell starts production at Sweden’s first pyrolysis oil plant for biofuels

In Sweden, jointly owned by Setra and Preem, Pyrocell was formed in 2018 based on the business concept of producing bio-oil from sawdust. Production at the groundbreaking plant – Sweden’s first pyrolysis oil plant for biofuels – is now underway.

Pyrocell’s plant is located at Setra Kastet sawmill in Gävle on Sweden’s Baltic coast. It converts sawdust, a residual product in Setra’s industrial process, into non-fossil pyrolysis oil. The pyrolysis oil is then processed further to make renewable diesel and petrol at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil.

The plant will produce around 25,000 metric tons of non-fossil pyrolysis oil per year, equivalent to the annual fuel consumption of about 17,000 cars.