Circular Bio-Based Business models to create high-value Bio-based products in integrated value chains (Envigas forestry pyrolysis case)
Description
The Envigas biorefinery model converts forestry residues into renewable carbon products, with co-location with Skellefteå Kraft projected to reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 120,000 tonnes per year.
Sector
A2.4Support services to forestry
Needs/ Problem statement
Bio-based materials like biocarbon and pyrolysis oil offer a powerful alternative to fossil-based inputs as industries search for low-carbon solutions, but building a cost-efficient and sustainable biomass supply chain remains a major challenge. Stand-alone biorefineries that convert forestry residues into renewable carbon products may face high raw material costs and supply chain limitations, leaving large volumes of forestry residue underexploited.
Objective
To demonstrate how the Envigas biorefinery model, converting forestry residues into biocarbon and pyrolysis oil, can scale up through regional synergies and integration with sawmills, pulp mills, biomass terminals, or CHP plants. A proposed collaboration between Envigas and Skellefteå Kraft aims to establish a joint large-scale production facility in Hedensbyn that could replace fossil carbon in several industries and reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 120,000 tonnes per year.
Bioeconomy fields
Crop residues and perennial plantsnull
Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull
Algae biomassnull
Waste or recycled materialx
Microbial assisted processingnull
Biorefineries x
Feedstock
Biomass residues
Outcomes and final product
Biocarbon and pyrolysis oil intended to replace fossil carbon in several industries
Mobility
Static
Value chains
1
2
3
3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.
C Sink
1
2
3
3 - High potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock and product level).
Intended user
Forestry enterprises and sawmill or CHP plant operators in regions with significant coniferous forestry activity. Co-location with existing wood-processing infrastructure is a prerequisite for economic viability. Requires capital investment in pyrolysis equipment and industrial off-take agreements for biocarbon and pyrolysis oil.
Complexity of the process
1
2
3
null
Final user
Farmernull
Foresternull
Researchernull
Advisornull
NGOnull
Training organizationnull
Processor or retailerx
Consumernull
Public Authority + LAGnull
Othernull
Economic sustainability
1
2
3
3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant economic benefits.
Social sustainability
1
2
3
2 - Medium potential -Expected to bring 2 or 1 social benefits.
Environmental sustainability
1
2
3
3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant environmental benefits.
