Breaking news came in today from the wonders down under, Australia-based Licella, in their joint venture with Canfor (Arbios Biotech) – a just inked a new global alliance with Shell Catalysts & Technologies that aims to create low-carbon, circular economy focused biorefinery, with Licella’s Cat-HTR (Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor) technology at the core.
In today’s Digest, why it’s significant, the partners, the tech, the backstory, and more.
The deal
It will allow for Shell upgrader units to work alongside commercial Cat-HTR plants to create a continuous and economically efficient process where advanced biofuels can be created from post-consumer biomass and residues on site.
From Illinois, news arrives that Shell has invested in LanzaJet, to scale the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Shell joins founding investors LanzaTech, Suncor Energy Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and in recent months British Airways joined as an investor and LJ has a n extensive collaboration in place also with All Nippon Airways.
There could be more. In addition to its initial investment in LanzaJet and similar to the phased investment approach used with all of the LanzaJet investors, Shell will have the opportunity to make further investments in the construction of larger-scale production facilities over the coming years. This phased investment approach significantly accelerates the timeline of commercial deployment, and comes as LanzaJet continues its work to build the first-of-kind, commercial-scale plant (10 million gallons per year capacity) in Soperton, Georgia, USA. Development at Freedom Pines Fuels continues on schedule with operations beginning in 2022, LanzaJet ha