Testing microbial oils: Neste Oil to build pilot plant in Finland

December 23, 2011 |

In Finland, Neste Oil will build a pilot plant to produce waste-based microbial oil at its Porvoo refinery. It will be the first pilot plant in Europe designed to produce microbial oil for use in manufacturing renewable fuel from waste-based raw materials, such as straw and other agricultural residues, as well as industrial waste and residues.

The plant will support Neste Oil’s goal of using microbial oil to produce NExBTL renewable diesel in the future. The facility is due to be completed in the second half of 2012 and represents an investment of approx. €8 million.  Neste has successfully produced NExBTL renewable diesel from microbial oil at laboratory scale.

Category: Fuels

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