| Project Owner... |
Fiberight LLC
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| Project name |
Commercial Plant
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| Status |
idle
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| Startup |
2019
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| Country |
United States
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| City |
Hampden
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| State |
Maine
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| Type |
TRL 8 First-of-a-kind commercial
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| Technology |
Fermentation
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| Raw Material |
organic residues and waste streams
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| Output 1 |
ethanol (18,000 t/y
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| Output 2 |
power (electricity) (6 )
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| Technology Brief |
Fiberight's innovative technology efficiently fractionates the organic components of MSW such as contaminated paper, food wastes, yard discards and other degradables for the production of cellulose and hemicellulose into fuel grade ethanol and other sugar platform biochemicals using enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation. The plastic fraction and methane collected from Fiberight's processes may also used to create co-generation electricity to power its plant facilities for zero energy input. Fiberight's proprietary extraction, pulping and digestion processes have the potential to unlock over 5 billion gallons of renewable biofuel contained in the 175 million tons of non-recyclable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated each year in the US.
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| Additional Information |
The core Fiberight process (HYDRACYCLE™)has been implemented in Maine, US. This plant had a nominal processing capacity of 180,000tpa. It showcased the core process for mixed MSW (household waste) but did not have high-value bolt-ons operations for plastics or cellulosic fibre upgrading. The plant was deployed to produce traditional dry recyclables (rigid plastics, metals, card), pulp to be used in biomass boilers, biogas and mixed plastic briquettes for fuel.
This plant is currently off-line due to commercial difficulties experienced in 2020 including the collapse of the dry recyclables market, regulatory hurdles and Covid-19. The plant operated for 6 months prior to being shut down and proved much of the HYDRACYCLE™ technology at commercial scale.
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Craig Stuart-Paul
info@fiberight.com
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Last Update: 2022-07-27 08:51:03