Chinese biofuels plant receives RSB certification

The Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science and Technology joint venture has earned the Roundtable of Sustainable Biomaterial's sustainability certification for a facility which converts waste steel mill gases to sustainable biofuels.

RSB claims the facility is the first RSB-certified biofuel plant in China and also the first of its kind anywhere to receive certification for industrial carbon capture and utilisation.

‘The joint venture uses a process that creates a sustainable biofuel and does so by efficiently reusing greenhouse gases that would have otherwise been released into the atmosphere,’ says Peter Ryus, RSB Services CEO. ‘This solution does not impact the food chain or land use.’

It has been estimated ethanol from the above process may reduce life cycle greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared to petroleum fuels.

‘We trust this certification will help accelerate the acceptance of biofuels made through carbon capture technologies and serve to showcase the possibilities opened up by thinking of carbon emissions as an opportunity, not just a problem,’ adds Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech.