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GreenSky project provides boost for Oxford Catalysts Group

StockMarketWire.com – Oxford Catalysts Group (OCG.L), the modular gas-to-liquids technology innovator, has reported several significant milestones announced by British Airways concerning the GreenSky London project being developed by Solena Fuels Corporation.

British Airways has confirmed that it has committed to purchase the sustainable jet fuel produced by the plant for ten years (at market rates) – worth £315m at current prices.

In July 2012, Oxford Catalysts was selected by Solena to provide its Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to GreenSky London, Europe’s first commercial scale sustainable jet fuel facility, being developed in partnership with British Airways.

GreenSky London is the first of several waste-biomass to jet fuel projects planned by Solena. Successful implementation of the GreenSky London project and receipt of the notice to proceed (targeted for next year) is expected to generate revenues for Oxford Catalysts in excess of $30m during the construction phase, and additional ongoing revenues of more than $50m over the first 15 years of the plant’s operation.

Roy Lipski, CEO of Oxford Catalysts Group said: “Today’s confirmation of British Airways’ financial commitment to the project represents a major step forward for GreenSky London. We are very pleased to be part of this landmark facility and to contribute to British Airways’ strategy for sustainable aviation, as well as Solena’s worldwide project roll out plans.”

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http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/waste-management/sita-makes-big-commitment-to-gasification

Waste management firm SITA UK has today (September 9) made one of the UK’s “biggest ever commitments” to developing gasification capacity after signing a partnership agreement with Monmouth-based Cyclamax Holdings.

The deal covers the development of six gasification and recycling-led resource parks across the UK, which are intended to treat a combined total of 600,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste each year.

Under the agreement between the two firms, French-owned SITA is set to develop materials recycling facilities on four of the planned sites and also provide waste for the gasification process, while Cyclamax will operate the gasification plants.

Stuart Hayward-Higham, technical director at SITA UK, said: “This agreement is one of the first of its kind in the UK and is an important step forward in investing in the alternate treatment technologies to service the industrial and commercial waste market at a local level in the UK.”

“At SITA UK our goal is to offer our customers a service that allows them to reach a point where the majority of their waste materials can be reused, recycled or recovered for their energy content, in others words to give waste ‘a second life’ wherever possible. Gasification is one of the many tools we can use to meet this goal and we are pleased to announce this agreement as another significant step forward in our plans,” he added.

The first four resource parks are set to be developed using batched gasification technology, a renewable energy technology distributed in the UK by waste-to-energy company Planet Advantage Limited – which is a subsidiary of Ascot Environmental Limited.

Parks

Four of the proposed resource parks – intended for sites at Dagenham, Avonmouth, Chesterfield and Derby – have already either received planning permission or are in the planning process, with the locations of the two additional facilities set to be announced in due course.

The first four facilities are expected to produce in excess of 45MW of electricity, which Cyclamax claims is sufficient to power over 85,000 homes.

Tony Watkins, managing director of Cyclamax, said: “By combining the expertise of both Cyclamax and SITA UK we feel we can offer localised, sustainable recycling and renewable energy solutions by productively diverting around 600,000 tonnes of waste away from landfill.

“Gasification technologies are particularly suited to delivering local community scale solutions and with investment levels of around £220M for the first four facilities, are economically competitive at this scale,” he added.

Proposals for the Chesterfield facility came under scrutiny in January this year when the local borough council’s planning committee refused to back plans for the 60,000 tonnes-a-year capacity merchant facility. However, Cyclamax said the decision did not affect its plans (see letsrecycle.com story).

Gasification

The gasification process sees waste materials converted into a gas called synthesis gas – or ‘syngas’ – that is made up of differing proportions of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and some methane.

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In the case of gasification, which uses a combustion process, the oxygen levels are kept purposefully very low so that the combustion reaction only gets to the volatilisation stage where combustible gases are produced. The syngas generated can then be tapped off and used elsewhere for a multitude of applications.

Ascot, which has a contract with Cyclamax to provide ‘turnkey’ gasification facilities at the first four of the proposed sites, opened its first batched gasification plant in Scotland last month

http://www.sita.co.uk/news-and-views/press-releases/sita-uk-and-cyclamax-to-partner-on-six-new

SITA UK and Cyclamax to partner on six new gasification-led Resource Parks for commercial and industrial waste

SITA UK has teamed up with waste management development company, Cyclamax, to develop six gasification and recycling-led Resource Parks, which will treat in excess of 600,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste. This agreement is one of the biggest ever commitments to developing gasification capacity in the UK and will produce enough electrical power for over 85,000 homes.

The first four resource parks will be developed using batched gasification technology, a relatively simple, but robust renewable energy technology distributed in the UK by Planet Advantage Limited and integrated into the EPC contract by Ascot Environmental Limited.

Four of the Resource Parks including Dagenham (part of the Sustainable Industries Park being developed by the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation in Dagenham), Avonmouth, Chesterfield and Derby have either received planning permission or are in the planning process. The locations of the two additional facilities will be announced in due course. SITA UK will develop its own materials recycling facilities on the Avonmouth, Derby and Chesterfield sites and will supply the waste to each facility.

Each Resource Park has been designed to be of a community scale and will provide the local area with an alternative solution for treating industrial and commercial waste with facilities to recover materials for recycling and recover energy from the residual waste. The first four facilities are expected to produce in excess of 45MW of electricity, sufficient to power over 85,000 homes. For example, the Sheepbridge facility will provide power for around 38 per cent of the homes in its host town of Chesterfield.

Stuart Hayward-Higham, Technical Director at SITA UK, says: “This agreement is one of the first of its kind in the UK and is an important step forward in investing in the alternate treatment technologies to service the industrial and commercial waste market at a local level in the UK”.

“At SITA UK our goal is to offer our customers a service that allows them to reach a point where the majority of their waste materials can be reused, recycled or recovered for their energy content, in others words to give waste ‘a second life’ wherever possible. Gasification is one of the many tools we can use to meet this goal and we are pleased to announce this agreement as another significant step forward in our plans.

“We believe that there is an exciting future for gasification and other energy recovery technologies in the UK.”

Tony Watkins, Managing Director of Cyclamax Holdings Limited, adds: “This is not about using technology for technology’s sake, nor about a one-size-fits-all approach. Our goal is to bring forward developments that have sustainability at their core; reducing the environmental impact of waste management and fossil fuel power production through recycling and generating renewable energy from non recyclable waste residues. We see each development as a community based project providing good quality local employment and in many cases returning Brownfield land back to beneficial use. Clearly, to successfully deliver these projects you need to work with like minded partners who share your aspirations and we are delighted to make the announcement of our agreement to work with SITA UK on these Resource Parks.

“By combining the expertise of both Cyclamax and SITA UK we feel we can offer localised, sustainable recycling and renewable energy solutions by productively diverting around 600,000 tonnes of waste away from landfill.

“Gasification technologies are particularly suited to delivering local community scale solutions and with investment levels of around £220M for the first four facilities, are economically competitive at this scale.”

http://www.sita.co.uk/your-environment/our-plans/binn-farm

Gasification facility

Permission has been granted by Perth and Kinross Council for SITA UK to develop a gasification facility at Binn Farm.

The plans for a 60,000 tonne per annum gasification facility that will treat municipal waste and small amounts of business waste were granted permission in October 2011. The facility will generate enough electricity to heat and light the equivalent of almost 8,000 homes.

The planning application for the facility was submitted in October 2010 following a series of public consultation events with local residents and regular liaison with local community councils.

Copies of the exhibition panels and a newsletter distributed to local residents as part of the consultation can be found below, both containing detailed information on the proposals and contact details for more information.

http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/councils/pickles-backs-sita-surrey-gasification-plant

Pickles backs SITA Surrey gasification plant

6 December 2011

SITA UK’s long running attempts to build an energy from waste plant in Surrey have been given a boost after a decision by Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government, not to review plans for a site in Shepperton.

Dubbed an ‘Eco Park’ by SITA UK, which has a 25 year contract with Surrey county council, the facility will include “a batch oxidisation gasification facility and an anaerobic digester” which will sit alongside improved recycling and waste transfer facilities.

‘The Eco Park will have huge financial and environmental benefits for our county’
– Surrey county council leader David Hodge

Now, it has been revealed that last week Mr Pickles decided not to review the application for the facility which means that Surrey county council can now grant planning permission.

A statement from Surrey today said that the Eco Park will help Surrey towards achieving its long-term aim “to eliminate the use of landfill, which costs the county £600,000 every month in taxes alone while also damaging the environment.”

Food waste

The Shepperton site will deal with 40,000 tonnes of food waste and 60,000 tonnes of household waste a year and is expected to generate sufficient power “for thousands of homes”.

Surrey county council leader David Hodge said: “This is very good news for the people of Surrey. The Eco Park will have huge financial and environmental benefits for our county.”

Members of Surrey County Council’s Planning and Regulatory Committee approved the Eco Park planning application from SITA Surrey in June 2011. The decision was then referred to the Secretary of State for consideration.

Moving closer: artist’s impression of the proposed SITA Surrey gasification plant, Shepperton

Batch oxidisation gasification involves heating waste to produce a gas which is then combusted to produce heat and steam for electricity generation.

Delighted

Gareth Phillips, planning manager at SITA UK, said: “Following confirmation that the secretary of state for communities and local government will not hold a public inquiry to consider the planning application for an Eco Park at Charlton Lane, Shepperton, we are delighted that we can now move forward with the development.

“Surrey needs this facility to deal with household waste in the most populated northern part of the county. Landfill tax is increasing at the rate of £8 per tonne per year and at present Surrey County Council is spending £600,000 a month on landfill tax alone.
SITA UK has made slow progress so far in developing infrastructure for its Surrey contract which was awarded in September 1999 and in 2006 agreed changes to its contract which allowed for the construction of smaller facilities, see letsrecycle.com story.

The next stage of the project is expected to be an application by SITA UK, once planning permission has been confirmed, for an environmental permit from the Environment Agency and to gain consent to divert an existing footpath, alongside the development of detailed designs. Construction is expected to get underway in autumn 2012.

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Prior to that, work to improve the existing waste site, which was approved in an earlier planning application, will get underway. This is due to start in spring 2012 and will include work on the entrance to improve access to the site and ease congestion.

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15 November 2012

UK waste to energy company Energos has been awarded a full Environmental Permit to operate a small scale advanced conversion technology (ACT), which will use gasification to treat 96,000 tonnes of waste per year at Knowsley Industrial Park, Merseyside.

The company said that the facility, which will use its patented gasification process, has also been selected by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) to manage short-term treatment of residual, non-recyclable waste, helping to divert it from landfill.

Once operational the plant is expected to generate some 9 MW of power, which Energos said is equivalent to the output of 15 large wind turbines.

According to the site’s developer the facility is designed to complement local recycling initiatives and to process only non-hazardous, residual waste, with an ability to accept a variety of waste streams, including refuse derived fuel (RDF).

In recognition of the technology’s capability of achieving NOx emissions less than 25% of the EU limit, without any form of NOx abatement system, the Environment Agency has set low limits for NOx emissions from the plant.

The company said that the first phase of construction at the Knowsley Energy Recovery facility has already been completed and the second phase of work is expected to start in 2013.

The facility could be completed by 2015,” said Nick Dawber, managing director of Energos. “Despite the difficulties in the financial markets, we are making good progress in securing finance for this £60 million project.”

Public consultation

According Dawber the company set up the Knowsley Community Liaison Group back in 2008 to manage communication with residents and businesses and members have been fully involved in the project and met at key points in the development cycle.

Steve Molyneux, environment manager for the Environment Agency commented: “We’ve carried out a thorough assessment of the application and consulted widely on the details. We’ve sought comments from other organisations, including Knowsley Council, Knowsley NHS, the Health Protection Agency and local people.”

“The Environment Agency is confident that the proposed energy from waste facility will not harm human health or the environment,” he added.

Technology

The company said that the scheme will use an advanced conversion technology (ACT) gasification technique which converts waste into a gas via a rigorously controlled two-stage thermal treatment process – using the heat of partial combustion.

The gas is then fully combusted to generate heat, which is used to produce steam and electricity. The combined heat and power process will generate heat for use by neighbouring businesses, as well as electricity.

The company said that the project will create 20 long term skilled jobs at the site and more than 50 jobs during the two-year construction period, with more jobs created through the supply and support chain.

Energos added that its advanced conversion technology has also been selected for the treatment of residual waste at the proposed Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park and at Glasgow City Council’s proposed Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre.

Small Scale Community Plants Way Forward for Waste Gasification

Energos’ Sarpsborg facility

25 June 2012

To maximise efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions savings waste to energy plants in the UK need to make use of their heat potential, according to Nick Dawber, managing director of Energos.

Speaking at the recently held Waste to Energy City Summit, Dawber argued that waste to energy facilities should exist within the heart of industrial and residential communities to utilise the heat value of the waste.

The Summit brought together technology developers and waste management companies with the city?s financial community and policy makers to identify emerging investment and development opportunities in gasification and pyrolysis for municipal and industrial waste.

“To achieve higher levels of efficiency we need to sell heat – either directly as steam to industrial customers to displace existing fossil fuel supplies – or as combined heat and power (CHP),” explained Dawber.

“When the ratio of energy used is two parts heat to one part electricity, facilities will achieve up to 50% efficiency, which rises to as much as 85 % if you utilise the full heat potential,” he added.

According to Dawber it is necessary to develop smaller waste to energy facilities to capitalise on heat potential since there are more sites available for such facilities, which can be located close to the potential demand for heat and are appropriately sized to satisfy that heat requirement.

He also claimed that there will be higher public acceptance for ‘community sized’ facilities.

Smaller plants minimise traffic to the site and can sit alongsiderecycling

facilities to provide a local solution for local non-recyclable waste while delivering a renewable supply of low carbon, low cost energy, he argued
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Dawber called on the government to accelerate the development of district heat networks, as demanded under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, to avoid valuable heat resources being wasted.

He stated that a large 400,000 tonnes per annum waste to energy plant, producing around 32 MW of electricity, would have a surplus of around 70 MW of heat that is normally lost to the atmosphere because there are very few industrial facilities that have sufficient CHP demands for large scale facilities.

Dawber cited small scale facilities such as Energos? plants in Norway and its UK sites, scheduled to open in 2014 that can supply usable amounts of energy (up to 20MW of heat) to local customers.

Apart from the efficiency benefits, such plants also qualify as a ‘recovery’ plant under the EU Waste Framework Directive and stand to benefit from the UK’s Renewable Heat Obligation.

The plant room Energos’ Sarpsborg waste gasification facility

Small scale waste gasification process

The 32 MWth double line plant treats non-recyclable commercial and industrial waste and produces 256 GWh/a of high grade steam to displace approximately 22,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil per annum.

Waste Gasification, AD and MBT Facility Planned for Milton Keynes

01 November 2012

The company said that the technologies it is proposing are:

• Mechanical treatment technology which will extract recyclable materials from black sack waste
• An anaerobic digester will treat any food or organic waste left in the black sacks to produce biogas for the production of renewable energy and a compost-like material for use on brownfield sites
• An advanced thermal treatment facility will process any remaining, unrecyclable waste into a gas, which is combusted to generate high temperature steam which then creates electricity in a turbine.

The gasification technology to be deployed at the planned facility is to be supplied by Warrington based Energos, and will have a capacity of over 90,000 tonnes and generate a gross output of 7 MW.

As part of this, the company added will undertake a comprehensive consultation programme and organise public exhibitions.

Waste Gasification Technology Selected for Glasgow Project

02 August 2012

Viridor Contract for Waste Gasification, AD & Recycling Facility in Glasgow
Viridor – a part of the Pennon Group (LSE: PNN) – has signed a 25 year contract with contract with Glasgow City Council to Design, Build, Finance and Operate a 200,000 TPA recycling, AD and waste to energy gasification facility in the city.

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http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/4824436474/articles/waste-management-world/waste-to-energy/2012/12/Fulcrum_Secures__175_for_Waste_to_Fuel_Gasification_Project.html

Fulcrum Secures US$175m for Waste to Fuel Gasification Project

03 December 2012

Pleasanton, California based waste renewable fuel specialist, Fulcrum BioEnergy has secured commitments and is proceeding toward closing financings totaling $175 million to fund construction of its first municipal solid waste (MSW) to low-carbon fuels plant.

The company said that the Sierra BioFuels Plant will use sorted, post-recycled MSW and convert it into ethanol using a two-step process which consists of gasification followed by alcohol synthesis. The plant also produces enough energy to power the process.

Fulcrum added that it engineering and technology teams have recently made numerous enhancements to the design of the Sierra facility and to its proprietary MSW to ethanol process.

According to the company these improvements will dramatically reduce its cost to produce renewable fuel to less than $0.75 per gallon at plant, down from approximately $1.25 per gallon as previously disclosed.

The company went to on claim that it now expects the cost of production at its future to be less than $0.50 per gallon, down from $0.70 per gallon as previously disclosed.
Fulcrum said that the latest investment will not only finance the Sierra facility, but will also fund the development of future projects.

“The current IPO market environment remains challenging, especially for development stage companies like Fulcrum,” explained Fulcrum President and Chief Executive Officer E. James Macias.

“Because of this we have secured commitments from alternative capital resources to advance our MSW to renewable fuel program and we have withdrawn our registration statement,” he added.

“We intend to pursue an initial public offering in the future when market conditions are more favorable,” concluded Macias.

A video explaining Fulcrum’s waste to fuel technology can be seen below.

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Abramovich becomes the latest billionaire to support clean-tech energy

Ervington Investments, which is backed by Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, has acquired a 10% stake in UK energy-from-waste firm Waste2Tricity.

Waste2Tricity has struck a commercial agreement to exclusively represent fuel cell specialist AFC Energy in the UK for applications involving the integration of AFC’s products with hydrogen derived from the gasification of municipal solid waste to generate clean energy.

The share capital is thought to be worth in the region of £8.7m and Paul Heagren, who is a long standing employee of Abramovich, will be joining the company as a non-executive director.

Waste2Tricity chairman Peter Jones said he was delighted to announce the new relationship with Roman Abramovich’s investment company.

“We note Ervington’s recent investments in AFC Energy and Alter NRG, the plasma gasification company. Waste2Tricity has a longstanding relationship with both of these companies and their technologies,” he said.

Established in 2009, Waste2Tricity works with clients and partners to develop, fund and support EfW deployment projects that integrate proven plasma gasification and internal combustion engines/gas turbines.

Waste2Tricity has been instrumental in establishing what is claimed to be the world’s largest advanced gasification plant when it goes live in Teeside in 2014.

The 50MW facility, which will be built and operated by Air Products, recently secured its first power offtake agreement with a high street retail chain for electricity generated by the facility. It will also host a demonstrator plant on-site for hydrogen generation from residual waste.

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MONTREAL, Nov. 28, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (“PyroGenesis” or the “Company”) (TSXV: PYR), an environmental solutions company that designs, develops and manufactures plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products, is proud to announce today that it has secured a $5.5 million reorder from a major customer (the “Customer”) for one of its plasma waste destruction systems. Due to confidentiality provisions, Pyrogenesis is not able to disclose the name of the Customer or technical data related to the reorder at this time.

Today, $2.1 million of the $5.5 million has been released and over the next 18 months, Pyrogenesis will manufacture, commission and deliver a plasma waste destruction system to the Customer. “This reorder represents a commercial breakthrough for Pyrogenesis and plasma technology in general. It is the first time a plasma waste destruction system has been reordered after it has been accepted in a commercial setting by anyone in the world. We are truly making history”, says Peter Pascali, President and CEO of Pyrogenesis.

Looking forward, and as a result of this reorder and other recent contracts, Management believes that Pyrogenesis is now positioned as a strong and credible player within both the market for plasma based waste destruction technologies as well as that for niche torch applications. The Company has successfully realigned its workforce, rationalized and significantly reduced its expenses, paid off all bank and VC debt and, is therefore ideally positioned to expand its business across all sectors. As a result, Management expects to have its first steady state cash flow break-even quarter in early 2013 and projects to achieve significant growth in revenues and profitability in the mid-term.

“Given the validation provided by this reorder, PyroGenesis’ technology, combined with recent unsolicited requests for quotation from municipalities as well as unsolicited interest from funds to finance such opportunities, PyroGenesis has decided to aggressively target the build-own-operate waste-to-energy municipal (high tonnage) waste treatment market“, says Peter Pascali, President and CEO of Pyrogenesis. “We are proud to introduce our successful waste to energy solutions to this market which has for some time been looking for a credible and reliable plasma based waste to energy solution”.

About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.

PyroGenesis Canada is an environmental solutions company that designs, develops and manufactures plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products. PyroGenesis’ proprietary plasma technologies utilize the intense energy of plasma to gasify and vitrify virtually any type of waste without producing hazardous by-products. PyroGenesis’ patented gasification and vitrification technology is different from incineration because it produces a clean synthetic gas from waste, which can be used for power generation. PyroGenesis’ technology can also turn waste into a glassy rock that can be utilized as construction material. PyroGenesis has marquee defense industry and civilian customers that are using its technology in marine and land-based applications. For more information, please visit www.pyrogenesis.com

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “may”, “plan”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “in the process” and other similar expressions which constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current expectation and assumptions, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Company’s ongoing filings with the securities regulatory authorities, which filings can be found at www.sedar.com. Actual results, events, and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Fri 30 Nov 2012 – The British Airways and Solena GreenSky London project to build a sustainable jet biofuel facility in East London is gaining momentum, say the two partners. They won’t reveal the location but an exclusive option on a site for the facility and consent work has begun, with the aim of having it operational and in production by 2015. The airline has now confirmed its commitment to purchasing, at “market competitive” prices, the anticipated 50,000 tonnes of jet fuel produced annually by the plant for the next 10 years, which equates to around $500 million at today’s price for conventional jet kerosene. Barclays has been appointed as advisor to explore the optimal funding through export credit agencies and the consortium providing the facility’s key technology functions has also been announced. British Airways expects enough sustainable fuel be produced to power two per cent of its fleet departing from London Airports.

“We are delighted that the GreenSky London project is getting ever closer to fruition,” said Keith Williams, the Chief Executive of British Airways, which is aiming to reduce its net carbon emissions by 50% by 2050. “With world-class technology partners now in place, we are well on our way to making sustainable aviation fuel a reality by 2015.”

Around 500,000 tonnes of municipal waste normally sent to landfills will be converted annually into 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel, bionaphtha and renewable power at the facility as well as the 16 million gallons of jet fuel. Solena Fuels Corporation will provide the proprietary high-temperature gasification process that converts the waste into synthetic gas and the overall Integrated Biomass Gasification to Liquids (IBGTL) solution.

The Fischer-Tropsch reactors and catalyst that will convert the cleaned synthetic gas into liquid hydrocarbons, such as diesel and jet fuel, will be supplied by Oxford Catalysts. Marketed under the brand name Velocys, the company says its systems are significantly smaller than those using conventional technology, enabling modular plants that can be deployed more cost-effectively in remote locations and on smaller scales than is possible with competing systems. Fluor Corporation, which has extensive international experience in project execution and biofuel projects, is providing engineering services to support Solena and has started the pre-front end engineering and design for the project.

On the financing, a Competitive Letter of Interest has been obtained from one of the export credit agencies, including associated term funding. More than 150 jobs are expected to be created to operate the facility, with 1,000 workers involved during the construction.

An independent life-cycle assessment by UK-based North Energy Associates of the Solena jet biofuel showed that greenhouse gas savings exceeded both the 60% requirement of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the 50% minimum of the methodology established by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB).

“Our GreenSky London project will provide clean, sustainable fuels at market competitive prices that will help address British Airways’ sustainability goals,” said Dr Robert Do, CEO of Solena. “The British Airways offtake agreement represents the largest advanced biofuel commitment ever made by an airline and clearly demonstrates the airline’s leadership and vision in achieving its carbon emission reduction targets.”

http://www.greenaironline.com/news.php?viewStory=1627

Solena Fuels News – see links below

November 30, 2012

British Airways pledges 10-year off-take agreement as GreenSky project with Solena gathers momentum

November 30, 2012

British Airways Press Release – GreenSky London

October 23, 2012

Airline Weekly – Waiting for a Breakthrough

September 28, 2012

Lufthansa turns to algae and municipal solid waste in quest for new sources of sustainable jet biofuel

September 18, 2012

Lufthansa and Solena sign biofuels MoU

September 12, 2012

Announcement of Solena Berlin

August 17, 2012

BA High Life – Q&A with British Airways CEO, Keith Williams

August 16, 2012

Dr. Robert Do, President & CEO of Solena Fuels Corporation  appointed CO-Chair of the ACORE Transportation Initiative

Pioneers in the Sustainable Aviation and Marine Fuels Market

Using our proprietary technology, Solena Fuels has developed a synthetic fuels solution and business model that addresses the historical challenges faced by the biofuels market. Solena’s synthetic fuel is a “drop-in” fuel that allows airlines and shipping companies to utilize a sustainable energy source without any changes to their engines or infrastructure. Our proprietary technology allows us to use a wide variety of heterogeneous waste feedstocks that do not compete with crops or use water. We partner with the end users of our fuel to develop a facility that allows them to sustainably operate their business.

The aviation and shipping industries consume large amounts of fuel that has traditionally been refined from fossil-based sources – predominately crude oil. The consumption of these fossil fuels is unsustainable, harms the environment and makes it difficult for airlines and shipping companies to operate their businesses. Various market drivers such as the inclusion of airlines into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (beginning in 2012) and shipping companies incurring sulfur emission restrictions while coming into ports has accelerated the need for our solution. Solena Fuels is committed to helping its partners operate in a sustainable manner by producing a synthetic, drop-in, carbon neutral, low-sulphur fuel from waste biomass.

Additional Information

To contact Solena Fuels with any questions or inquiries, please email our CFO, Brian Miloski, at miloski@solenafuels.com

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