Qlyte to construct new factory for the production of alternative fuels
Amsterdam, January 11th, 2010 - Qlyte Operations B.V., a subsidiary of Qlyte B.V. (www.qlyte.com) announces to have started the construction of a new plant in Delfzijl (The Netherlands) for the processing of paper/plastic waste fractions into high quality alternative fuels. The factory is set to start operations as of June 2010. The factory will process unrecyclable waste fractions (e.g. coarse rejects) from the paper industry. These waste streams are for a large part still incinerated in waste incinerators. The new application allows these waste fractions to be processed locally in a more eco-efficient manner.
An investment of approximately 10 million Euro is involved with the construction of the plant. The factory will provide employment for around 15 people and therewith contributes to the employment in the region. Furthermore, it does contribute to the development of the Northern region as the ‘Energy Valley’ of The Netherlands.
The production facility is designed based on the proprietary Subcoal® process. This process has been developed and patented by Royal DSM N.V. (www.dsm.com) in a response to the increasing need for new environmental technologies to manage (industrial) waste streams in a sustainable way. The process was first installed in 2001 at the SmurfitKappa papermill in Roermond, where the waste paper/plastic fractions of the own paper mill are processed into high quality fuel pellets, traded under the trademark Rofire®.
The new facility in Delfzijl will be owned and operated by Qlyte Operations B.V. and will process approximately 80.000 tons per year of paper/plastic fractions to 45.000 tons of Subcoal® fuel pellets. The fuel pellets can be used in industrial furnaces to replace fossil fuels en will be mainly marketed into Northern Europe. The use of the fuel pellets results in a reduction of CO2 emissions of over 50% compared to the use of coals.
For this facility in Delfzijl Qlyte has reached agreement with Groningen Seaports to acquire 1,5 hectares of ground at the Mera-park. A terrain dedicated for environmental activities. The civil and constructions works have been granted to the civil constructor Bouwgroup Dijkstra Draisma.
About Qlyte
Qlyte is a spin-off company from the chemical and biotechnology company DSM and is based in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Qlyte offers innovative products, services and processes in the field of environmental technology and sustainability as developed and patented by DSM. For the commercialization of the Subcoal® technology, Qlyte is the exclusive partner to DSM in Europe. Qlyte develops projects in Europe based on the Subcoal® technology, either by setting-up own plats or licensing the Subcoal® technology to third parties. Further information is available on the Internet at: www.qlyte.com.
