Chempolis and Fortum sign a collaboration agreement until 2023
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Biorefining company Chempolis and energy company Fortum have signed a collaboration
agreement until 2023.
Press release: “The collaboration between Chempolis
and Fortum is deepening”, 11/06/2020.
Related posts:
- “Chempolis, Fortum and NRL seal a deal for
the building of a cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in India”, 5/5/2018.
- “Fortum launches a project to refine
agro residues and woody biomass into high-value products”, 16/1/2019.
Figure 1. Chempolis and Fortum sign a
collaboration agreement until 2023 (taken from the press release)
Under the agreement, Chempolis will perform
test runs of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin samples for Fortum´s needs at
its test facility in Oulu, as well as engineering work for commercial
biorefinery projects. Samples are prepared using Chempolis’ patented
fractionation technology. With the agreement, Chempolis will increase up to 20
times the sample production capacity at the Oulu plant. The agreement will have
a significant impact on Chempolis’ personnel recruitment needs.
The long-term goal of the collaboration is to build
several Fortum-owned biorefineries based on Chempolis’ technology. The
previously announced collaboration between Chempolis and Fortum to build the
world’s first biorefinery using bamboo as a raw material in Assam (Northeast India) continues as planned. The main
equipment purchases have been made and production is expected to start in 2022.
