Enerkem will demonstrate the market potential of optimised technologies that further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted by biorefineries.

Targeted biomass-rich feedstocks will be converted into biofuel to compare the GHG reduction benefits of the Enerkem technology. The project will also focus on the direct use of CO₂ in dry reforming-in the company’s synthetic gas conditioning process- and its incorporation in advanced chemicals.

The tests will be conducted at the Advanced Energy Research Facility (AERF) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The AERF pilot plant is a joint effort between the Edmonton Waste Management Centre, Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions and Enerkem.

The biofuel technologies and products, once demonstrated, will be implemented in Enerkem’s commercial biofuel facility in Edmonton.