Lignol meets second generation milestone
Canada-based cellulosic ethanol producer Lignol Energy’s subsidiary Lignol Innovations has successfully completed integrated production campaigns and met operability targets for the production of cellulosic ethanol and lignin with its industrial-scale biorefinery pilot plant in Burnaby, British Columbia.
The company made enhancements to its biorefinery pilot plant in late 2009 and over the past few months the pilot plant has been operating 24 hours a day, five days a week.
Having reached this milestone of regular full-scale operations the pilot plant is now generating important data for plant optimisation and is preparing the company for commercial due diligence.
Next steps now involve achieving preliminary benchmark performance targets on hardwood feedstock with which to confirm engineering designs for demonstration and commercial scale projects.
‘These integrated production campaigns bring together the collective efforts of our technology, our science and our people,’ Lignol president and CEO Ross MacLachlan says. ‘In addition to showcasing our advanced technologies to existing and new corporate partners, the information that is being generated from the integrated production campaigns will be vital to helping Lignol realise its goal of becoming the lowest cost producer of cellulosic ethanol.’
The company made enhancements to its biorefinery pilot plant in late 2009 and over the past few months the pilot plant has been operating 24 hours a day, five days a week.
Having reached this milestone of regular full-scale operations the pilot plant is now generating important data for plant optimisation and is preparing the company for commercial due diligence.
Next steps now involve achieving preliminary benchmark performance targets on hardwood feedstock with which to confirm engineering designs for demonstration and commercial scale projects.
‘These integrated production campaigns bring together the collective efforts of our technology, our science and our people,’ Lignol president and CEO Ross MacLachlan says. ‘In addition to showcasing our advanced technologies to existing and new corporate partners, the information that is being generated from the integrated production campaigns will be vital to helping Lignol realise its goal of becoming the lowest cost producer of cellulosic ethanol.’
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