Air Liquide to supply oxygen to UK’s first bio-SNG plant

In the UK, Air Liquide will supply high purity oxygen to the country’s first advanced biofuel facility that will convert 10,000 metric tons of MSW into 22GWh of bio-substitute natural gas over the next five years. The $25 million facility’s first gas is set for injection into the national grid by mid-2018. To reach the technology’s full capacity nationwide will require 11 billion cubic meters per year of oxygen, producing enough bio-SNG to fuel the country’s entire heavy vehicle fleet or a third of its household heating needs.