The construction of the first biorefinery of Origin Materials is on track for completion by the end of 2022
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Origin Materials, Inc has successfully lifted and installed all its previously fabricated key production modules for its first manufacturing plant (“Origin 1”) in October 2021, six months ahead of schedule. The construction of Origin 1 is on budget and on track for completion by the end of 2022, with commissioning and production start-up beginning thereafter.
Press release: “Origin Materials Completes Lifting and Installation of Key Production Modules for Origin 1 Six Months Ahead of Plan”, 28/10/2021.
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Figure 1. The
construction of the first biorefinery of Origin Materials is on track for
completion by the end of 2022
Headquartered in West Sacramento, Origin has developed a platform for turning the carbon found in non-food biomass such as sustainable wood residues into useful materials while capturing carbon in the process. The Origin platform converts C-6 cellulose into four isolated building-block chemicals, in one chemo-catalytic step with almost zero carbon loss. The majority of the output is the versatile furan CMF (chloromethyl furfural), plus HTC (hydrothermal carbon). Levulinic acid and furfural are also generated.