Colabit Sales

Our biorefinery

Colabit is building a biorefinery

A few miles north of Gävle is the Port of Norrsundet,  and also Colabit’s present pilot plant. This is where Colabit will build a modern biorefinery. 

For several years, we have worked intensively with both our product and process to develop the large-scale production of fuel from fossil-free raw materials – such as ethanol, methanol and vegetable oils. Now our renewable fuel is ready to be sold on the market and it is time for full-scale production.

Our biorefinery will be built in two stages. When large-scale production is underway, work will begin on licensing to give other companies the right to produce and sell Colabit fuel worldwide.

Norrsund continues to be our most important hub. The proximity to the port is essential, both for receiving raw materials and for shipping our fossil-free petrol, diesel and aviation fuel.

Once in full operation, the biorefinery will produce 500,000,000 liters of renewable petrol, diesel and jet fuel every year.

Biofuels made in Sweden

Biofuels are vehicle fuels that are produced from renewable biomass.

The raw material can come from the forest, the field or even biogenic waste. There is a wide range of different conversion technologies that provide different types of fuels that can replace conventional gasoline and diesel. Most of these fuels are liquid, such as ethanol and biodiesel, but they can also be gaseous, such as biogas.

Why biofuels?

  • Biofuels are needed to create a fossil-free transport sector
  • Sustainable biofuels provide significant climate benefits
  • The Swedish production of biofuels creates jobs, strengthens Swedish industry and the countryside
  • Setting requirements for emission reductions favors climate-smart biofuels

Our Process

Renewable fuels. How?

  • We convert simple alcohols, such as ethanol, into longer and larger molecules of hydrocarbons that are then fractionated into different renewable fuels.
  • This is done through the catalytic conversion of bioethanol into renewable fuels. Bioethanol is produced, among other things, from residual products from, for example, agriculture and forestry.
  • With the help of green electricity from wind or hydropower, hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water. The only byproduct is oxygen. The hydrogen is then used in the catalytic conversion of alcohol.
  • At the end of the closed process, the products are fractionated and renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel are obtained.
  • The only waste product from the catalytic conversion is pure water, which can be reused for hydrogen production.
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When fully operation, the biorefinery will produce 500,000,000 liters of renewable petrol, diesel and jet fuel every year.

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This means that carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by approximately 1,270,000,000 kg/year.

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– This corresponds to an annual emission reduction from 416,667 passenger cars running on fossil fuel.