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Chemrec is a Stockholm, Sweden corporation that develops technology for entrained flow gasification of black liquor and certain types brown liquor for production of biofuels from the resulting syngas. Chemrec's technology for second generation biofuels has in the European Community's Sixth Framework Programme project Renew〔(RENEW ) website〕 been shown to yield lower production cost than any other studied technology.〔(RENEW Final report )〕 EUCAR / Concawe / JRC's Well-to-Wheels analysis of future automotive fuels and powertrains in the European context shows that methanol and DME produced via black liquor gasification has extremely high well-to-wheels efficiency and very high greenhouse gas reduction.〔 〕 The world's first BioDME plant was inaugurated in Piteå on Sept 9, 2010.〔(Chemrec press release September 9, 2010 )〕 On January 26, 2011, the European Union's Directorate-General for Competition approved the Swedish Energy Agency's award of 500 million Swedish kronor (approx. €56M as at January 2011) toward the construction of a 3 billion Swedish kronor (approx. €335M) industrial scale experimental development biofuels plant at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery complex in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, using Chemrec's black liquor gasification technology.〔(EU press release IP/11/67 dated 26/11/2011 )〕 This represents the largest public award ever to an EU second generation biofuels project.〔(Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications press release January 26, 2011 (in Swedish) )〕 Chemrec has for three consecutive years been ranked as one of the top 100 global greentech companies by the Cleantech Group and AlwaysOn (see Awards). ==History== Chemrec's technology originated in the mid-80's with an invention by Jan-Erik Kignell who was awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' Gold Medal for this feat in 1993.〔(Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences ) website (in Swedish)〕 Kignell sold his black liquor gasification patent to the Swedish ball bearing company SKF that worked on gasification in the late 1980s, but concluded that the technology related to black liquor was too far removed from the company's core business, upon which the inventors Nils Bernhard and Lars Stigsson acquired the patents in 1989 and founded Chemrec (an abbreviation of CHEMical RECovery) to exploit the technology. In 1990 Kvaerner bought Chemrec and remained the sole owner until 2000. When Kvaerner experienced financial difficulties and divested several non-core businesses in 2000 Babcock Borsig acquired a majority position in Chemrec. Babcock Borsig filed for bankruptcy in 2002 and Nykomb Synergetics, at the time a minority owner, acquired Chemrec from the bankruptcy estate. In 2003-2006 Nykomb Synergetics was the sole owner, and still holds a minority position after bringing in additional venture capital from 2006 onwards. During the period from 1990 Chemrec developed a series of pilot plants for first generation atmospheric air-blown gasifiers. In 1996 the first full-scale commercial gasifier with this technology was delivered to Weyerhaeuser's New Bern plant in a collaboration between Chemrec and the U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division.〔(Biomass Program - Advancement of High Temperature Black Liquor Gasification Technology )〕〔(EERE ) website〕 Concurrently Chemrec initiated development of second generation pressurized oxygen-blown technology based on operating experience and new patents. A pilot plant using this technology is today in continuous use adjacent to Smurfit Kappa's plant in Piteå, Sweden. Within the "BioDME" project, supported by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Swedish Energy Agency, Chemrec is building the world's first pilot plant for synthesis of BioDME adjacent to the existing gasification pilot plant in Piteå, with production start early in 2010.〔(BioDME Project ) website〕 In 2009 the Swedish Energy Agency awarded Chemrec a grant of SEK 500 million towards the construction of a SEK 3 billion industrial scale experimental development biofuels plant at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery complex in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The grant was approved by EU's Directorate-General for Competition on January 26, 2011, following assessment of the project under the EU framework for State aid for research and development and innovation.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chemrec」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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