Red Rock Biofuels gets option to double FT Capacity from EFT reactors at Oregon diesel/jet project

In Oregon, Emerging Fuels Technology, has amended their license agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC under which EFT will provide its TL8a Fischer-Tropsch technology to provide additional FT capacity for RRB’s Bio-Refinery in Lakeview, Oregon, USA.  The amendment doubles the FT capacity to be provided by EFT. The new capacity will be incorporated immediately in the plant which is currently under construction. 

Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) is a technology company focused on methods for producing synthetic fuels and specialty products from a variety of feedstocks such as natural gas, biomass, municipal solid waste (MSW) and bio-derived oils. EFT is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and related synthesis, licensing the core technologies and upgrade packages for 500 to 10,000 BPD applications. 

“We are very pleased to be providing additional FT capacity for Red Rock’s Lakeview Bio-Refinery,” said Kenneth Agee, President of EFT.

We reported last October that Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc (EFT) has executed a license agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC under which EFT will provide its TL8a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to provide additional FT capacity for RRB’s biorefinery in Lakeview, Oregon, USA.  EFT has also received a “notice to proceed” from RRB to commence design of its FT system to be installed at the Lakeview biorefinery.

RRB is a subsidiary of IR1 Group LLC (“IR1”), which has built and operated over 325 million gallons of biofuels production capacity and is constructing the Lakeview biorefinery.

IR1 will build a global portfolio of biorefineries to convert waste woody biomass into renewable jet and diesel fuels.  Through a proprietary integration of existing technologies, IR1 makes the long-commercialized Fischer-Tropsch process economic at the biomass scale.  By using forest and sawmill residues IR1 will also reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires by removing waste biomass from overstocked forests.

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