 Mobil is using DME in their methanol to gasoline process.DME is being developed as a synthetic second generation biofuel (BioDME), which can be manufactured from lignocellulosic biomass.Currently the EU is considering BioDME in its potential biofuel mix in 2030; the Volvo Group is the coordinator for the European Community Seventh Framework Programme project BioDME where Chemrec's BioDME pilot plant based on black liquor gasification is nearing completion in Piteå, Sweden.