Half-time for Veramaris algal oil biorefinery in Nebraska

Type of post: FLASH NEWS.

A short update on the Veramaris (DSM and Evonik joint venture) biorefinery in Nebraska whose construction started some months ago. In the presence of State government officials, the company celebrated half-time for its algal oil plant at the existing Evonik site in Blair on 4 June 2018 with a topping-out ceremony (see press release, 5/6/2018). The works are progressing on-time and according to plan. Commercial quantities of algal oil will be ready for delivery in mid-2019.

Related posts:

- “DSM and Evonik to build an algal oil plant at commercial-scale in USA”, 13/3/2017.

- “The construction of the algal oil biorefinery of Veramaris is on track”, 1/2/2018.

Figure 1. Veramaris celebrated half-time for its algal oil plant in Blair (extracted from the press release)