Scaling Up First Hub & Spoke Lignocellulosic Biofuels Commercial Pilot

Lead Proponent

CRB Innovations

Project Objectives

This project is a first of its kind in Canada for bio-refineries. The project will use forestry residuals and other sources of biomass, converted into intermediate products at regional satellite locations, and transfer these intermediate products to a central “bio-refinery” to be converted into biofuels and co-bioproducts.

Expected Results

It is expected that this project will produce 70 - 80 wt% high performance biofuels, as well as 20 - 30 wt% valuable and marketable co-bioproducts.

Multiple end use co-bioproducts for a variety of applications will increase economics of production for biofuels (e.g. ethanol, gasoline, kerosene-rich jetfuel, drop-in diesel), and bio-chemicals (e.g. plastics).

Demand for this technology is expected to increase as Canada moves towards the Clean Fuel Standard.

Anticipated Environmental Impacts: Will process 20kt biomass, dry basis/year (forest and agriculture residuals and recycled wood).

Estimated to reduce GHG by 12,000 tCO2/yr, or 50% reduction in GHG emissions with an energy efficiency > 40% resulting in an eco-sustainable development of the forest sector.