LanzaTech and Shougang Group announce the start-up of the world’s first commercial waste gas to ethanol plant
Type of post: FLASH NEWS.
LanzaTech and its joint venture partner Shougang Group (a Chinese
iron and steel producer) have just announced the successful start-up of the
world’s first commercial facility converting industrial emissions to
sustainable ethanol (see press
release, 8/6/2018). The plant, located at the Jingtang Steel Mill in
Caofeidian (Hebei Province, China) began operations on May 3 and it has a
nominal capacity of 46,000 tons of ethanol per year. This ethanol’s performance
in fuel blending applications is indistinguishable from sugar-derived ethanol.
Figure 1. Waste gas to ethanol plant
of Lanzatech at the Jingtang Steel Mill (extracted from the press release)