Biorefining highlights 2016

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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
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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
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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
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February
Port of Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Corbion, Uniper, RWE and the Port of Rotterdam Authority
Forest biorefinery
Wood biomass
Ethanol, bioplastics (PLA), heat and power
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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
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August
Luverne (MN, USA)
Gevo
Hydrocarbon plant
Fermentable sugars
Alcohol-To-Jet (ATJ) fuel
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September
Sarpsborg (Norway)
Borregaard
Revamping of the existing ethanol unit
Sugar compounds from wood
Ethanol
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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)
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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
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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
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August
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Fortum and Taaleri
Biorefinery based on Chempolis technology
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October

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