In Canada, the University of Alberta reported that Forge Hydrocarbons, a University of Alberta spinoff company producing renewable fuels and chemicals, is collaborating with Edmonton International Airport (YEG) to work towards a new biojet fuel production facility in the Edmonton area.
The parties signed a memorandum of understanding to create jet fuel from biowaste, based in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences. Forge Hydrocarbons uses patented technology developed by University of Alberta scientist David Bressler that converts waste fats and oils into hydrocarbons used to produce biofuels.
The facility would use next generation technology developed over the past four years, which has yielded new ways to upgrade the biofuel to meet stringent specifications for the aviation industry, Bressler said.
“It’s a new approach that allows us to make jet fuel without any technical hard requirements for additives or blending, and it contributes to decarbonizing a high-emission industry that doesn’t have a lot of alternatives in electrification and other spaces,” the researcher added.
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