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Large scale of alcohol synthesis (Range Fuels)

Large-scale BioSNG production (GoBiGas)

There are several other projects going on which are not described in this paper, like the UPM
Andritz-Carbona project on FT synthesis in Stracel, the Ajos BTL project in Finland, the
Woodspirit project (Methanol) in Oosterholm (the Netherlands), or the Ethanol demonstration
project from Enerkem, the TIGAS Project from Haldor Topsoe at GTI in Chicago, or Ineos
Bioenergy who are doing syngas fermentation.

The reason for selecting the above projects for this review, was on the one side, that they have
an interesting concept, on the other side, that there was information available. This is one main
problem in commercial and large demonstration projects, that there is almost no information
available.

Innovative Consortium as Here Wood Industry Works Together with
a Refinery (Neste Oil-Stora Enso)

Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company concentrating on low-emission,
high-quality traffic fuels. The company produces a comprehensive range of major petroleum
products and is the world's leading supplier of renewable diesel (NextBTL). 26

Stora Enso is a forest industry and procures most of its wood from private forest owners, state
forests and companies in Finland, Sweden, the Baltic states, Continental Europe, and Russia.

Stora Enso and Neste Oil have joined forces to develop the technology for, and later produce,
new-generation biofuel from forest industry residues.

NSE Biofuels Oy, is owned by Neste Oil Oy and Stora Enso Oy. It combines competencies of
two different industries: forest industry and oil refining industry. 27

The goal is an implementation of the first commercial biomass-to-liquids (BtL) plant and
further to develop profitable businesses based on experiences and on market demands (NOSE-
Project).

The objectives of NOSE-project are to develop and verify BtL technology based on biomass
gasification route, further to provide the overall commercial technology concept and evaluate
the technoeconomic feasibility of the production concept.

Project partners are VTT, Foster Wheeler, NesteJacobs, Stora Enso, and Neste Oil.

The biomass gasification technology being employed was initially developed as part of the
Ultra Clean Gas project, which was led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, acting
as the main research and testing partner for the joint venture. Gasification equipment is being
supplied by Foster Wheeler, a leader in the field of fluidized bed reactors.

The demonstration process is based on the use of FT synthesis and covers the entire chain from
drying wood-based biomass to test the FT catalysts needed to produce bio-based crude wax
that can then be refined into premium-quality renewable diesel by Neste Oil. Much of the