Agreement between Technip and BTG BioLiquids to design and build fast pyrolysis plants
BTG BioLiquids B.V. (BTL) is a biomass technology provider founded
in 2007 and based in The Netherlands. The company is focused on the fast
pyrolysis process. BTL has developed a technology originally invented at the
University of Twente and demonstrated it by building and operating a commercial
scale biorefinery. The plant was opened in Hengelo (The Netherlands) in May
2015 (click here
to learn more about the process and the EMPYRO project).
The experience in the design and
commercial operation of this plant is one of the key points of the exclusive
cooperation agreement that have just signed BTL with Technip to design and build fast pyrolysis
plants (see press
release). Technip will provide EPC services for the modular facilities based on BTL’s technology. Below, an interesting video about the construction
of the fast pyrolysis plant EMPYRO by using the modular building approach can
be watched.
Video: Modular construction of biomass fast pyrolysis plant EMPYRO
Technip and BTL will also
collaborate in the development of commercial uses for pyrolysis oil as
renewable fuel and chemicals feedstock. The agreement will be managed by
Technip’s operating center in Zoetermeer (The Netherlands) which has
significant EPC experience and is part of Technip Stone & Webster Process
Technology, which looks after Technip’s expanding portfolio of onshore process
technologies in petrochemicals, refining, hydrogen and syngas, polymers and gas.
According to Gerhard Muggen (Managing Director of
BTL) stated about the agreement: "The strong combination of Technip and
BTL will now start to offer turnkey pyrolysis plants and services to industrial
companies seeking to develop new biosourced applications and anticipate the transition
to a biobased economy”.