ARC Bio demonstrates Canadian forest residue pathway to SAF
In Canada, ARC Bio, the Canadian joint venture between an affiliate of Bioénergie AE Cote-Nord Canada Inc. (Bioénergie AECN) and Alder Renewables, announced the successful demonstration of a pathway to produce sustainable aviation fuel from Canadian forest residues through refinery co-processing.
“Canada has the biomass feedstock, the forest sector expertise, the industrial capability and the refining infrastructure to build an important new clean fuel value chain,” said Serge Mercier, President of Bioénergie AECN. “This work creates a direct connection between Canada’s forest sector economy and the growing need for low-carbon fuels in aviation and marine transportation markets.”
The project upgraded fast pyrolysis bio-oil produced from Canadian forest residues by Bioénergie AECN in Port-Cartier into barrel-scale quantities of Alder Renewable Crude (ARC). This biocrude was then processed in a fluid catalytic cracking, or FCC, pilot unit that simulates commercial refinery operation. Carbon-14 analysis of the resulting fuel products confirmed the presence of biogenic carbon from the wood residue-derived feedstock.
Category: SAF
