Biorefining highlights 2016
Last year, the blog issued for the
first time a post summarizing the main highlights in the biorefining sector
during 2015. I would like to make it tradition, so here you can find “Biorefinig highlights 2016” condensing some
of the main facts and announcements about biorefining facilities of this year
that comes to its end.
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New commercial scale facilities running
Location
|
Company
|
Model
/ Type
|
Feedstock
|
Products
|
Production
capacity
|
Date
|
|
Paramount (CA, USA)
|
AltAir Fuels
|
Non-edible natural oils and
agricultural waste
|
HVO (advanced biofuels and
chemicals)
|
40 million gallons per year
|
March
|
||
Dormagen (Germany)
|
Covestro
|
CO2-to-polyols
plant
|
CO2 from a
neighboring chemical company
|
Polyols
|
5 kton per year
|
June
|
|
Billund (Denmark)
|
Billund municipality
|
Sludge reduction unit (thermal
hydrolysis + anaerobic digestion)
|
Waste water sludge and
organic waste
|
Biogas
|
-
|
September
|
|
Bottrighe (Italy)
|
Novamont
|
BDO plant
|
Sugar (glucose syrup produced
by Cargill)
|
1,4-butanediol (BDO)
|
30 kton per year
|
September
|
|
Little Falls (MN, USA)
|
Green Biologics
|
Fermentable sugars
|
Biobutanol and acetone
|
-
|
December
|
Announcements about new commercial scale facilities (planning or under
construction)
Location
|
Company
|
Model
/ Type
|
Feedstock
|
Products
|
Production
capacity
|
Date
|
|
Kemi (Finland)
|
Kaidi Finland
|
Forest biorefinery
|
Wood-based biomass
|
Biodiesel and biogasoline
|
200 ktons per year
|
February
|
|
Assam (India)
|
Chempolis and Numaligarh
Refinery Limited
|
Bamboo
|
Cellulosic ethanol, acetic
acid, furfural, biocoal and lignin
|
48.9 ktons per year of
ethanol
|
February
|
||
Boardman (OR, USA)
|
Novus Energy
|
Waste to energy
|
Waste from onion and potato
processing plants, dairy manure…
|
Renewable natural gas, liquid
fertilizer and soil improvement products
|
3.8 million cubic feet of
renewable natural gas per day
|
February
|
|
Northwich (UK)
|
DONG Energy
|
Waste to energy
|
MSW
|
Biogas, recycled materials
|
-
|
February
|
|
Port of Rotterdam
(Netherlands)
|
Corbion, Uniper, RWE and the
Port of Rotterdam Authority
|
Forest biorefinery
|
Wood biomass
|
Ethanol, bioplastics (PLA),
heat and power
|
-
|
March
|
|
Port-Cartier (Quebec, Canada)
|
Ensyn, Arbec Forest Products
Inc. and Groupe Rémabec
|
Forest biorefinery, oil
pyrolysis platform
|
Forest residues
|
Pyrolysis oil
|
10.5 million gallons per year
|
July
|
|
Jamestown (ND, USA)
|
New Energy Investors
|
Talks and leaves of corn
plants and wheat straw
|
Ethanol
|
13 million gallons per year
|
August
|
||
Hønefoss (Norway)
|
Smart Fuels AS, Viken Skog SA
and Treklyngen Holding AS
|
Forest industry residues
|
Ethanol
|
50 million liters per year
|
August
|
||
Cristal Union sugar beet site
(France)
|
IBN-One
|
Bio-isobutene plant
|
Fermentable sugars
|
Bio-isobutene
|
-
|
August
|
|
Luverne (MN, USA)
|
Gevo
|
Hydrocarbon plant
|
Fermentable sugars
|
Alcohol-To-Jet (ATJ) fuel
|
-
|
September
|
|
Sarpsborg (Norway)
|
Borregaard
|
Revamping of the existing
ethanol unit
|
Sugar compounds from wood
|
Ethanol
|
-
|
September
|
|
Antwerp (Belgium)
|
Synvina (Avantium and BASF JV)
|
FDCA plant
|
Fermentable sugars
|
Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid
(FDCA)
|
50 kton per year
|
October
|
|
Port of Rotterdam
(Netherlands)
|
Air Liquide, AkzoNobel, AVR,
Enerkem and Van Gansewinkel
|
Waste-to-chemicals
|
Domestic wastes and others
|
Methanol for chemicals (acetic
acid, thickening agents and dimethyl ether)
|
-
|
October
|
|
Pietarsaari (Finland)
|
North European Bio Tech Oy (St1
and SOK JV)
|
Sawdust
|
Ethanol
|
50 million liters per year
|
November
|
||
Kaajani (Finland)
|
North European Bio Tech Oy (St1
and SOK JV)
|
Expansion of the soon to
start Kajaani plant (Cellulosic
ethanol biorefinery)
|
Sawdust
|
Ethanol
|
50 million liters per year
|
November
|
|
Dunaföldvár (Hungary)
|
Pannonia Ethanol
|
Expansion of the existing
biorefinery
|
Corn
|
Ethanol, feed and corn oil
|
-
|
November
|
|
China
|
BioAmber and CJ CheilJedang
Corporation
|
Succinic acid plant, retrofitting
of an existing fermentation facility
|
Fermentable sugars
|
Succinic acid
|
36 kton per year
|
December
|
|
Panipat (Haryana, India)
|
Praj and Indian Oil
Corporation Limited
|
Crop residues
|
Ethanol
|
100 kL per day
|
December
|
||
Dahej (Gujarat, India)
|
Praj and Indian Oil
Corporation Limited
|
Crop residues
|
Ethanol
|
100 kL per day
|
December
|
||
Bargarh (Odisha, India)
|
Praj and Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited
|
Crop residues
|
Ethanol
|
100 kL per day
|
December
|
||
Bathinda (Punjab, India)
|
Institute of Chemical
Technology and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
|
Crop residues
|
Ethanol, biofertilizer and
bio-CNG
|
100 kL per day of ethanol
|
December
|
||
Bina (M.P., India).
|
Institute of Chemical
Technology and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
|
Crop residues
|
Ethanol
|
100 kL per day
|
December
|
Announcements about new pilot and demonstration scale facilities
(planning or under construction)
Location
|
Company
|
Model
/ Type
|
Feedstock
|
Products
|
Production
capacity
|
Date
|
|
Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
|
Southern Oil Refining
|
Oil biorefinery
|
Off-grade canola oil
|
Renewable fuels (gasoline,
jet and diesel)
|
10 million liters per year
|
March
|
|
Gladstone (Queensland,
Australia)
|
Southern Oil Refining
|
Hydrocarbon plant
|
Sugarcane bagasse
|
Crude bio-oil for kerosene
and diesel products
|
1 million liters of fuel
within three years
|
April
|
|
Thunder Bay (Ontario, Canada)
|
Resolute Forest Products and FPInnovations
|
Forest biorefinery
|
Wood
|
Chemicals
|
-
|
August
|
|
-
|
Fortum and Taaleri
|
Biorefinery based on
Chempolis technology
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
October
|
