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Table 8.3 Continued

Project owner Capacity
(startup year) Location Feed material Technology (t/y)
Jilin Fuel Jilin, China Straw Fermentation 3000
Alcohol (2006)
LanzaTech Soperton, Woody biomass Fermentation 70
(2014) United States syngas
LanzaTech China Municipal solid Fermentation 70
(2014) waste syngas
LanzaTech Beijing, China Industrial off Fermentation 300
(2013) gas
North European Gothenburg, Organic Fermentation 4000
Oil Trade Oy Sweden residues and
(2016) waste streams
North European Kajaani, Sawdust Fermentation 7900
Oil Trade Oy Finland
(2016)
Renmatix Rome, United Wood Chips, Fermentation 500
States switchgrass, and
other raw
materials
Shandong Dongping, Straw Fermentation 3000
Zesheng China
Biotech Co.
(2006)
SP/EPAP Ornskoldsvik, Wood chips, Fermentation 160
(2004) Sweden sugarcane
bagasse, wheat,
corn stover,
energy grass,
recycled waste
Tembec Temiscaming, Spent sulfite Gasification 13,000
Chemical Group Canada liquor feedstock
Woodland Sarnia, Canada Wood waste Fermentation 601
Biofuels (2013)
ZeaChem Boardman, Poplar trees, Fermentation 750
(2011) United States wheat straw

l The demonstration-scale plant was established by Chempolis Ltd. in Oulu, Finland, in 2008
[54]. The plant used a novel bio-solvent for producing cellulosic ethanol (5000 tons per year)
and biochemicals from nonfood lignocellulosic biomasses. The incorporation of this biosol-
vent was a benefit for reducing operating cost and CO 2 emissions.
l A Clariant demonstration-scale plant of capacity 1000 tons per year was built in Straubing,
Germany, in 2012. They developed a new technology called sunliquid technology that con-
sists of enzymatic hydrolysis followed by fermentation for the conversion of wheat straw to
cellulosic ethanol [54, 56]. The novel feature of this technology was the process-integrated