2011-11-10 07:00 Chemrec AB Chemrec AB, the technology and project development company, offering to turn pulp mills to biorefineries through gasification of the residual product black liquor and synthesis of the gas to biofuels, recently received two prestigious awards, the AlwaysOn GoingGreen Global 200 and the 2011 Global Cleantech 100, both for the third year running.
2011-01-26 17:51 Chemrec AB The European Union has approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million, $75 million) R&D grant awarded by the Swedish Energy Agency 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 the renewable biofuels biomethanol or bioDME using forest harvest residues as feedstock.
2010-10-21 16:40 Chemrec AB Chemrec, provider of a unique gasification technology used in pulp and paper mills to produce sustainable, low-carbon fuels, today announced it has been named in the prestigious 2010 Global Cleantech 100. The award goes to the most promising private clean technology companies from all around the world, companies likely to make the most significant market impact over the next 5-10 years.
2010-10-08 11:34 Chemrec AB Chemrec, provider of a unique gasification technology used in pulp- and paper mills to produce sustainable, low-carbon fuels, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Top 100 winners. Chemrec was selected based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
2010-09-09 10:53 Chemrec AB On Thursday September 9 the world’s first plant for production of the renewable motor fuel BioDME was inaugurated. “A major step forward for the global biofuels market”, said Kyriakos Maniatis of the European Commission. The plant is built and operated by Chemrec, a Swedish-based technology company, at the company’s development plant located at the Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Piteå, Sweden.
2010-08-31 17:01 Chemrec AB Pressinvitation to the inauguration on September 9 of the world’s first plant for production of the renewable fuel BioDME in Piteå, Sweden. The biofuels process is based on gasification technology from Chemrec AB and fuel synthesis technology from Haldor Topsøe A/S.
2009-09-28 16:33 Chemrec AB The Swedish Energy R&D Board today decided to provide an investment grant for demonstration in industrial scale of the Chemrec technology for production of the renewable motor fuels BioDME and Biomethanol. The plant will be built at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery in Örnsköldsvik. The grant of up to SEK 500 million (€49 million, $73 million) is contingent on approval by the EU Directorate General.
2009-09-18 11:15 Chemrec AB On Friday September 18, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden broke ground for the world’s first plant for the production of a renewable automotive fuel called BioDME. The plant will be built by Chemrec, a Sweden-based development company, within the company’s development unit located at the Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Piteå, Sweden.
2009-03-31 16:27 Chemrec AB Chemrec AB was invited to compete for SEK 875 million, based on the proposal to the Swedish Energy Agency for a biofuels plant at the Smurfit Kappa mill in Piteå . The Chemrec proposal together with five others out of a total of 39 proposals was selected by the Swedish Energy Agency to be invited to submit a full grant application.
2009-02-10 12:46 Chemrec AB Chemrec has formed a wholly-owned US subsidiary, Chemrec USA Inc, that will enable Chemrec to do business in those states where biorefinery and booster projects are being developed. "We are actively working to expand our business in the Americas," commented Rick LeBlanc, newly appointed CEO of Chemrec. Chemrec's corporate offices, development efforts and engineering will remain in Sweden.