Neste Oil and Stora Enso Inaugurate Biomass-to-Liquids Demo Facility
Neste Oil and Stora Enso inaugurated the demonstration plant at Varkaus for biomass to liquids (BtL) production utilizing forestry residues. ( Earlier post .) A 50/50 joint venture—NSE Biofuels Oy,—was established first to develop the technology and then to produce biocrude at commercial scale. The demonstration facility at Stora Enso Varkaus Mill includes a 12 MW gasifier. It will be used to develop technologies and engineering solutions for a commercial-scale plant. The demonstration pr