By using lignin from the forest, we can reduce the amount of fossil oil in asphalt – and this reduces the climate impact.

Learn about Peab Asfalt’s and Sekab’s experience of using lignin from forest residues in asphalt and hear about future possibilities. In the summer of 2020, the first field trials began on a stretch of road in the city centre of Sundsvall, Sweden.

By replacing some oil-based bitumen with lignin produced from forest residues, you get asphalt with less climate impact. This work forms part of the EU-project REWOFUEL in which lignin has been produced with the help of Sekab’s CelluAPP® technology and then tested and used by Peab Asfalt in its asphalt production.

Webinar agenda:
Moderator welcomes participants
– Lena Nordgren, Biofuel Expert Sekab BioFuels & Chemicals AB
About the REWOFUEL project and lignin production
– Monica Normark, CTO Sekab E-Technology AB
Lignin in asphalt
– Mats Wendel, Innovation Advisor and Lars Jansson, Laboratory Manager Peab Asphalt
Questions and answers

About Rewofuel:
REWOFUEL goal is to demonstrate the performances, reliability, environmental and socio-economic sustainability of the entire value chain, for the transformation of residual soft-wood into hydrolysate (RWH), conversion of RWH into bio-Isobutene (bio-IBN) by fermentation and further conversion to biofuels. To achieve these goals a team of 11 partners, leaders in their field, originating from 7 EU-member states, will join efforts.

REWOFUEL consists in showcasing the value chain, from residual wood to 3 high performance drop-in biofuels derived from bio-IBN. These biofuels are full-bio-ETBE, bio-isooctane and bio-isododecane rich biofuels. This large market is today supplied entirely by products derived from fossil-based IBN. Products derived from bio-based IBN, using the same process as fossil-based IBN, would provide a true renewable alternative.