SQ Group breaks ground on world’s first 1M tpy straw refinery

In China, SQ Group has broken new ground with the launch of the world’s first one-million-metric-ton straw refinery. It is the first phase of an integration project that can process 500,000 tons of straw annually, and produce a series of eco-friendly, bio-based products such as biomass resin carbon, furfural, pulp, bio-methanol, and an array of biodegradable materials.
The ambitious and pioneering project is the result of Shengquan’s extensive research into producing low-carbon, high-quality products manufactured from agricultural straw, and was developed with the assistance of the Wuhan University, Tianjin University, Shandong University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry.

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