Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with BTG BioLiquids B.V. (BTL; Enschede, the Netherlands; www.btg-btl.com) to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its modular pyrolysis plants. The plants will be based on BTL’s Fast Pyrolysis Oil (FPO). Unlike traditional biofuels, which are produced from edible feedstocks, new generation biofuels are produced from lignocellulosic materials, such as straw or wood waste. The fast pyrolysis technology mixes biomass particles and hot sand in a reactor, which transforms the material into pyrolysis oil. This oil can be used as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels for the production of renewable energy and chemicals.
The agreement combines Technip’s global strength in technology, engineering, procurement and construction with BTL’s experience in the design and commercial operation of one of the world’s first FPO production facilities. Using clean wood as feedstock, the facility has been in operation since 2015 in the Netherlands. Uses of FPO include heat, power, transport fuels and potential bio-based chemicals.
Technip and BTL will also collaborate in the development of commercial uses for FPO as renewable fuel and petrochemical feedstock.
The agreement will be managed by Technip’s operating center in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, which has significant technology and EPC experience. The center is part of Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology, which looks after Technip’s expanding portfolio of onshore process technologies in petrochemicals, refining, hydrogen and syngas, polymers and gas monetization.