The Swedish chemical and clean tech company Sekab together with the Dutch oil company Vertoro have begun the construction of a demonstration facility in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. In the plant, biomass, lignin or residues from the paper and pulp and forestry industry will be converted into Goldilocks®, a proprietary blend of ethanol and soluble lignin oligomers, which is unique in the world. In existing plants, only one type of biofuel can be produced, while bio-based crude oil can be refined into a variety of biofuels, chemicals and materials in already existing oil refineries and petrochemical plants.
Production is expected to start in about a year and deliver biofuel to the shipping sector as a first off take for this lignin ethanol oil product.
