Greenergy invests in a project to produce renewable drop-in fuels from waste tires


Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF. 

Greenergy has announced that they are investing in a project to produce low-carbon transportation fuels from waste tires, utilising a combination of existing technologies (pyrolysis and hydrotreating). 
Press release (Greenergy): “Greenergy invests in advanced biofuels project”, 18/01/2021. 

Figure 1. Greenergy invests in a project to produce renewable drop-in fuels from waste tires

Location

Thames Enterprise Park (near London, UK).

Feedstock and processing capacity

Up to 300 tons of shredded tires per day (1st phase).

Products

- Drop-in renewable fuels: diesel and gasoline in the 1st hydrotreating unit (1st phase), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the 2nd hydrotreating unit.

- Carbon black to produce new tyres and other industrial rubber products.

Technologies

- Advanced thermal treatment technology: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’

- Hydroprocessing (both units): Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™.

Conceptual desing

Developed in Canada by Green Tire Technology Ltd.

Start-up

Commercial production in 2025.


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