Canadian chemicals producer Enerkem's Innovation Centre has created a bio-dimethyl ether (bio-DME) that it said could replace diesel in the transport industry. The fuel, a byproduct of biomethanol, was made from unrecoverable carbon-rich municipal solid waste at Enerkem's Innovation Centre's Innovation Centre in Quebec. Bio-DME tends to have a 20% higher cetane rating than diesel or bio-diesel fuels and produces far less pollution.
Canadian chemicals producer Enerkem has created a bio-dimethyl ether (bio-DME) that it said could replace diesel in the transport industry. The fuel, a byproduct of biomethanol, was made from unrecoverable carbon-rich municipal solid waste at Enerkem's Innovation Centre in Quebec. Bio-DME tends to have a 20% higher cetane rating than diesel or bio-diesel fuels and produces far less pollution.