A Brand New Renewable Engine Fuel
Swedish SunPine is aiming to be the first company worldwide producing biodiesel from tall oil. At the plant site of SunPine, in Piteå harbor in northern Sweden, the building activity is intense. … “The tall oil diesel is unique in that the feedstock originates from the forest and that it can be blended into petro-based diesel fuel in higher percentages than ordinary biodiesel”, says SunPine CEO Magnus Wikman. “It also gives more energy and lower emissions than most other green diesel blends.”
Normally a maximum of 5% biodiesel is blended into diesel fuel. Preem’s new green diesel, based on the tall oil diesel, will contain up to 20% green component. In this way the projected production of SunPine of 100,000 cubic meters tall oil diesel per year will become 500,000 cubic meters per year of ready fuel, more than 10% of the total Swedish diesel consumption. The new green diesel can be used in all diesel engines and does not have the drawbacks of the traditional biodiesel such as bacterial growth during storage.
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