| Project Owner... |
Enerkem Alberta Biofuels LP
|
| Project name |
Edmonton Waste-to-Biofuels Project
|
| Status |
non operational
|
| Startup |
2014
|
| Country |
Canada
|
| City |
Edmonton
|
| State |
Alberta
|
| Type |
TRL 8 First-of-a-kind commercial
|
| Technology |
Fuel Synthesis
|
| Raw Material |
organic residues and waste streams
|
| Input 1 |
Post-sorted municipal solid waste (MSW) (100,000 t/y
)
|
| Output 1 |
ethanol (30,000 t/y
)
|
| Output 2 |
methanol
|
| Output 3 |
various chemicals
|
| Technology Brief |
Enerkem develops biofuels and chemicals from waste. With its proprietary thermochemical technology, Enerkem converts abundantly available municipal solid waste (mixed textiles, plastics, fibers, wood and other non-recyclable waste materials) into chemical-grade syngas, and then methanol, ethanol and other chemical intermediates that form everyday products.
|
| Additional Information |
initiated production (biomethanol) in 2015; ethanol module currently being added; ethanol production started in 2019
Plant will be closed (2024)
|
|
Marie-Helene Labrie
mlabrie@enerkem.com
|
Last Update: 2024-08-07 08:57:19
