Uneco produces petrol and diesel from wood
Uneco Energie Schweiz AG will produce synthetic fuel from biomass in Buttisholz, primarily from wood residues. With its pilot plant, the company wants to show how "Putin-free" energy can get from the laboratory into the local real economy.
Sursee-based Uneco Energie Schweiz AG is currently installing a pilot plant for the local production of synthetic fuels from biomass. The facility will be built on the site of the two Buttisholz companies Interspan Tschopp and Toma Holz . Uneco board member Peter Müller presented the project at the second energy aperitif organized by the Energie Hub Buttisholz association.
The “Putin-free” energy, as Müller described the new form of energy according to a report in the weekly newspaper “Anzeiger vom Rottal” at the energy aperitif, is to be produced primarily from wood residues. According to the information, the process is based on the technology of so-called thermochemical carbon conversion . The fuels kerosene, petrol and diesel are obtained from wood, biomass and other organic waste. Finally, activated carbon can also be produced. This could be used by the construction industry, for example, as insulating material.
The pilot plant is scheduled to go into test operation at the end of the year. Its expansion in the coming year is already being considered. With this pilot plant, Uneco wants to show how non-fossil energy can get from the laboratory into the local real economy.
The energy aperitif is organized by the Energie Hub Buttisholz association. The municipality wants to be CO2-neutral by 2035 and thus become a lighthouse project in the energy transition.