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GreenField Ethanol and Enerkem Partner on Commercial MSW-to-Ethanol Facility in Alberta

Posted on June 29, 2008

Enerkem s four-step process uses gasification and catalytic synthesis to convert waste to liquid fuels. Click to enlarge.The city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has signed a 25-year agreement with GreenField Ethanol, Canada s largest ethanol producer and Enerkem, the developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels, for a facility to produce biofuels from municipal solid waste (MSW). The C$70 million facility will initially produce 36 million liters (9.5 million gallons US) of ethanol per year, according to the partners. As part of the ...

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biofuels , ethanol