Strategic Biofuels’ technology platform is built using safe, licensed processes.

 

Strategic Biofuels utilizes well-established, proven technology from world-class licensors to efficiently and safely produce the highest quality renewable fuels. The SAF that we will produce will have the lowest carbon footprint of any commercially available renewable fuel anywhere in the world. Our SAF is chemically identical to petroleum-derived jet fuel and therefore, under current federal regulations, can be blended at up to 50% with conventional jet fuel.

Gasification

Gasification is the first step in the process and converts wood waste into synthesis gas or “syngas”.

Gasification is a nearly two century old technology that was originally developed to convert coal into “town gas” to light up towns and cities. The same basic technology can convert any carbonaceous (carbon-based) raw material, including forestry waste, into syngas, which is now, the building block for making renewable fuels.

Carbon Capture

Carbon capture removes the carbon dioxide byproduct from syngas production. The carbon capture technology used in the LGF plant will capture nearly all of the carbon dioxide in a nearly 100% pure form. This will be compressed and transported a short distance to the injection wells where it will be permanently stored in a geologic formation about a mile underground.

Hydrocarbon Synthesis

The hydrocarbon synthesis process combines the syngas’ carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a clean synthetic paraffin wax and oil.

This technology, known as the Fischer-Tropsch process, was developed in the mid-1920’s in Germany to produce liquid fuels and lubricants from the country’s abundant coal resources at a time when the global economy was transitioning from a coal economy to an oil economy. This same technology has been used continuously on a global basis since the 1950’s to produce liquid fuels from natural gas, coal, and municipal solid waste.

Hydrocarbon Upgrading

Hydrocarbon upgrading converts synthetic paraffin wax and oil from the Fischer-Tropsch Process into liquid transportation fuels.

Upgrading technology is used today in hundreds of refineries to make finished fuels like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Because synthetic wax is clean and contaminant free, the severity of the upgrading process is much less than what is required for fossil fuels. Strategic Biofuels’ upgrading licensor has proven conversion of wood-derived synthetic waxes into both diesel and jet fuels meeting all regulatory requirements.

Carbon Sequestration

Stores the captured carbon dioxide deep underground permanently.

The captured carbon will be injected through short pipelines into one of three specially designed wells and permanently stored deep beneath the earth’s surface where it will be “sequestered” and will never enter the atmosphere.  One of the wells will be at the plant site and the other two a short distance away.

 

This sequestration process and operation is highly regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and requires a special “Class VI” permit.  Carbon sequestration wells have operated successfully all over the world and there’s never been a leak from a commercial carbon sequestration reservoir or well anywhere.

Carbon sequestration is a safe method that is being utilized around the world to help reduce carbon impact on our environment. 

 

Biomass Power Plant

The LGF project includes a biomass power plant which will provide “green” electric power to the biorefinery. Essentially, all of the power (86 MW) needed to operate the refinery will be produced on-site primarily from sawmill waste. The power plant will take water from the river to create steam that will power turbines and produce electricity. As with fuel production, the carbon dioxide produced from the power plant will be captured and sequestered. Not only will the power produced be “green” meaning it is renewable, but it will also be carbon negative. This is because the wood in the sawmill waste was formed from carbon dioxide captured from the air. When the wood is consumed for power production the carbon dioxide released is captured and stored deep underground. Thus, all of the carbon permanently stored originated in the atmosphere. Overall, this further lowers the project’s carbon intensity.