Canadian chemicals producer Enerkem has created a bio-dimethyl ether (bio-DME) that it said could replace diesel in the transport industry. The company says its process is more efficient than current methods and can be used to produce biodiesel from renewable sources such as algae. 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.