Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology selected by GCEH for its renewable diesel biorefinery in Bakersfield
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Haldor Topsoe has announced that its HydroFlex™ technology
has been selected by Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. (GCEH) for converting the Alon
Bakersfield Refinery into a renewable diesel biorefinery.
Press release: “Global Clean Energy Holdings selects
Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ for revamp of refinery for renewable fuel production”, 9/6/2020.
Related post: “GCEH acquires the Alon Bakersfield
Refinery to convert it into a renewable diesel biorefinery”, 12/5/2020.
Figure 1. Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology
selected by GCEH for its renewable diesel biorefinery in Bakersfield (taken
from Haldor Topsoe website)
Last month, GCEH reported about the acquisition of the Alon Bakersfield
refinery and its refurbishment to produce renewable diesel from organic
feedstocks. The
retooled refinery will produce 15,000 barrels per day of HVO meeting the California Low Carbon Fuels
Standard as well as the ASTM D975 diesel specification.
Topsoe will deliver basic engineering, license,
proprietary equipment and catalyst for its HydroFlex technology. The unit will
process a variety of feedstocks including GCEH’s proprietary camelina oil as
well as waste fats and oils. HydroFlex can be deployed in both grassroots units
and revamps for co-processing or stand-alone applications. For instance, it
will be used in the first European dedicated biorefinery
for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, SkyNRG and
SHV Energy are building in the Netherlands.