French Company to Build New Generation Biofuel Plant in Finland
June 26, 2013News release: http://www.technip.com/en/press/technip-awarded-feed-contract-new-biomass-liquid-plant-finland
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Technip, a France-based project management and engineering company, was awarded by Forest BtL Oy a contract worth approximately €5 million ($6.6 million) to build a second generation biomass-to-liquid plant in Ajos Island, Finland.
The plant will use wood and by-products from wood processing industry as feedstock to produce approximately 140,000 tons of biodiesel and naphtha. Wood as feedstock has many advantages - it idoes not compete with food production, it does not jeopardize the existing local biomass usage and it has a low carbon footprint.
Technip will develop the process design package of the hydrogen production unit of the plant, based on its steam reformer proprietary technology. They will also prepare the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the hydrogen production, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and refining units.
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