Quadrise signs JDA with Licella Holdings with hydrothermal liquefaction tech blend

In the UK, Quadrise announced the signature of a Joint Development Agreement with sustainable fuels pioneers Licella Holdings Ltd.

Licella is an Australian-based global technology and project developer delivering the next generation of low carbon solutions. Licella’s patented Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor (Cat-HTR) is the world’s leading hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology, using water at high temperature and pressure to sustainably transform abundant biomass residues into an advanced bio-intermediate, a valuable, low-carbon alternative to fossil oil. Advanced biofuels produced from Licella’s HTL process exhibit a higher energy content compared to those produced through alternative conversion technologies.

Under the JDA, the Company and Licella will collaborate to seek to progress the use of Licella’s Cat-HTR bio-intermediate as a potential cost-effective renewable feedstock for bioMSAR and bioMSAR Zero, with success of initial lab testing at the Quadrise Research Facility expected to lead to lab-scale diesel engine tests within 12 months. Subject to the success of these elements of the parties’ collaboration and to the agreement of both parties, third-party testing in marine diesel engines would then be completed with a view to potential commercial vessel testing of the fuel during 2026.