Dynamotive begins scalable production of renewable petrol and diesel

Canadian company Dynamotive Energy Systems have begun scalable production of renewable petrol and diesel from biomass. Its two-stage process will use a pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce a bio-crude.

Dynamotive said it can deliver renewable fuels from biomass at a cost of less than €1.5 per gallon of 'ethanol-equivalent fuel' at a volume of up to 4.5 mgy per processing plant.

Initially, the biocrude is hydro-reformed to a gas-oil equivalent liquid fuel usable in stationary power and heating applications, while the second-stage upgrade converts the oil into renewable transportation fuels.