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Plant set up to convert biofuels from timber waste
25/05/2009
US Energy firm, Range Fuels, has joined forces with AMEC to develop its first plant that produces biofuels from timber waste on a commercial scale.
The plant, which will be based in Soperton, Georgia, will use a patented two-step programme to turn biomass into synthesis gas. The biomass will come from wood harvested from nearby forests.
The two-step programme then involves the gas being passed over a catalyst where it is transformed into ethanol, which can be blended with fuel for use in vehicles.
The first section of the plant is intended to be finished by the end of the first quarter of 2010. By the second quarter of 2010, the plant will be producing 10 million gallons per year of ethanol and methanol.
The deal requires AMEC to provide engineering and construction management services to the plant.
Michal Gilzenrat, AMEC Power and Process Americas vice president of process industries, says Range Fuels has the most promising technologies for making biofuel commercialisation a reality. He adds, “we are now working with the most advanced clients in the business with the most promising technologies. Our portfolio of current major biofuels projects and, more specifically, cellulosic ethanol, includes both biological and thermo-chemical process technology conversions.”
The plant, which will be based in Soperton, Georgia, will use a patented two-step programme to turn biomass into synthesis gas. The biomass will come from wood harvested from nearby forests.
The two-step programme then involves the gas being passed over a catalyst where it is transformed into ethanol, which can be blended with fuel for use in vehicles.
The first section of the plant is intended to be finished by the end of the first quarter of 2010. By the second quarter of 2010, the plant will be producing 10 million gallons per year of ethanol and methanol.
The deal requires AMEC to provide engineering and construction management services to the plant.
Michal Gilzenrat, AMEC Power and Process Americas vice president of process industries, says Range Fuels has the most promising technologies for making biofuel commercialisation a reality. He adds, “we are now working with the most advanced clients in the business with the most promising technologies. Our portfolio of current major biofuels projects and, more specifically, cellulosic ethanol, includes both biological and thermo-chemical process technology conversions.”
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