Ground broken for Sweden’s historic first pyrolysis oil plant for biofuel
On the 23rd of March the first ground was broken for Pyrocell’s plant at Setra’s Kastet sawmill in Gävle. Pyrocell will be manufacturing non-fossil pyrolysis oil as a raw material for producing renewable fuel. “This will make the company an important link in the value chain from the Swedish forest to consumers’ fuel tanks,” says Pyrocell Chairman Pontus Friberg.Wood industry company Setra and fuel company Preem are working together to produce fossil-free pyrolysis oil from sawdust through the jointly-owned company Pyrocell. Pyrocell’s plant will transform sawdust, a waste product in