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US Company To Use Technology From Nipawin Biomass Ethanol Co-Op
By Mr Ethanol | September 24, 2008
Nipawin Journal:
A California company will probably be the first user of the catalytic technology that was developed for a future ethanol plant at Nipawin.
Fulcrum BioEnergy recently announced plans to build a commercial-scale plant that will use municipal solid waste to produce ethanol. Construction of the plant, to be located just outside Reno in Storey County, Nevada is set to start towards the end of the year. The plant will use the licensed proprietary technology for converting synthetic gas to ethanol that was developed through an initiative between the Nipawin Biomass Ethanol New Generation Co-operative Ltd. (NBEC) and the Saskatchewan Research Council.
Sherry Michalyca, economic development officer for the Town of Nipawin and member of the NBEC board of directors, said the plant would be an important validation of the technology.
“That plant there will almost be like our pilot plant that will prove our technology,” she said. “And for those that would be investing in our plant there will already be one plant in existence using our technology.”
The technology makes it possible to produce ethanol from agricultural and forestry waste materials such as flax straw, sawdust and logging slash. As part of phase two of the commercialization process, the NBEC signed a letter of understanding with Fulcrum towards the end of last year. According to Michalyca the arrangement with Fulcrum was the result of shared goals.
“They want to do the same thing we’re doing, but they want to make ethanol out of garbage,” she said.
As a result, a process demonstration unit will be built in the United States to further test the catalyst. Michalyca said the three month design process for the demonstration unit is basically completed. After a three months construction period, testing will take place for six months.
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