Foster Wheeler, Synar partner for Swiss waste-to-biofuels venture
In Switzerland, Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Cynar Plc to provide basic process engineering design services for a 6,000 tonnes per year plant to convert non-recyclable waste plastics into liquid fuels, primarily diesel.
The plant will utilize Cynar’s pyrolysis technology, supplemented with Foster Wheeler’s refining knowledge to produce liquid fuels. The basic design package is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2011. Foster Wheeler’s contract value for this project was not disclosed.
Cynar has a demonstration plant, located in Portlaoise, Ireland. Foster Wheeler has been working with Cynar over the past year on study work aimed at improving the quality of the fuel produced. This work has identified changes that are required, and these modifications are being incorporated into the design for the new plant at the same location.
Category: Fuels
