Work begins on building Europe’s first plant for pyrolysis oil at Setra Kastet
Wood products company Setra and fuel company Preem are teaming up to produce pyrolysis oil from sawdust. The jointly owned company Pyrocell will manufacture raw material for the production of biofuels. Work is now beginning on construction of the plant alongside Setra’s Kastet sawmill in Gävle.Jointly owned by Setra and Preem, Pyrocell is an important link in the value chain for renewable fuel. Setra has the raw material, sawdust, while Preem has refineries and fuel stations. The sawdust will be processed into a renewable raw material for biofuels at Pyrocell’s pyrolysis plant, ready for