Lurgi to construct $8 million pilot methanol-to-biofuel plant in Germany

In Germany, Lurgi will construct an $8 million pilot plant in Wolfsburg that will convert methanol to synthetic biofuel. The project is supported by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, as an experiment into alternatives to the Fischer Tropsch synethsis.

Earlier this year, interest in Fischer-Tropsch and related technologies increased when Syntec Biofuel joined the Brigham Young University Fischer-Tropsch Consortium. Working with the BYU Catalysis Laboratory, Syntec will develop proprietary Fischer-Tropsch catalysts and process for producing diesel and jet fuels. The Syntec process will gasify waste biomass, and produce a sulfur-free, carbon neutral synthetic diesel.

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