St1 built an advanced ethanol plant in Gothenburg
The first Etanolix® plant delivered to the market by St1 Biofuels Oy was inaugurated in June 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The plant delivered to North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB) recycles biowaste and process residue from local bakeries and bread from shops that is past its sell-by date into ethanol for transport fuel. The ethanol plant is integrated into the functions and logistics of St1 oil refinery in Gothenburg and has an annual production capacity of 5 000 m3 of bioethanol.
The Gothenburg project has been selected by the Life+ programme of the European Commission, which provides funding for projects on energy, the climate, environmental management, industry and production, waste management and environmental policy. This project is the first in which an ethanol production plant has been integrated at an existing oil refinery to produce waste- and residue-based ethanol on a sustainable basis.
