Emerging Fuels Technology to supply increased FT capacity for Red Rock Biofuels biorefinery



Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

Red Rock Biofuels LLC (RRB) is building a biorefinery in Lakeview (Oregon, USA). The facility will transform waste woody biomass into renewable diesel and jet fuels through a process involving the following technologies: gasification, Fischer-Tropsch (FT) conversion and hydroprocessing.

According to preliminary news, the FT reactors for the plant was going to be supplied by Velocys. However, this company announced a series of amendments in its licensing contracts with RRB last month. These amendments implied a reduction from six to four reactors and the accelerated delivery of the first of them.
Press release: “Amended agreement with Red Rock Biofuels”, 12/2/2019.

The rest of the initial FT capacity seems to be manufactured by Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) which had executed a license agreement with RRB in October 2018 to provide its TL8a Fischer-Tropsch technology for the Lakeview project. EFT has just announced an amendment of that first agreement that doubles the FT capacity to be provided. The new capacity will be incorporated immediately in the plant which is currently under construction.
Press releases:
- “Emerging Fuels Technology Amends License with Red Rock Biofuels to Increase FT Capacity”, 27/02/2019.

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