CleanTech Biofuels Aquires Biomass North America Licensing

The deal will see CleanTech Biofuels have exclusive rights to use the proprietary and patent-pending technology developed by the owners of Biomass North America Licensing, as well as licensed technology for the production of cellulosic biomass from municipal solid waste (MSW) in the United States and Canada, according to reports in Biomass Magazine.

Biomass Magazine says that the technology is expected to first be implemented in a commercial project at a transfer station in Chicago, which will be jointly operated by Biomass North America Licensing and CleanTech Biofuels.

The proposed site for the commercial development is owned by a principal shareholder of Biomass North America Licensing.

Biomass North America’s technology is currently being operated at a commercial plant in Australia where the cellulosic biomass produced from MSW is being utilized as a soil amendment.

CleanTech initially intends to use the proprietary biomass conversion technology at the Chicago site to produce cellulosic biomass as solid fuel, which will be co-fired with coal for electricity production.

Initial tests on the feasibility of the project indicated that the British Thermal Unit ( Btu) value was approximately 75 per cent that of coal in accordance to a joint test by CleanTech Biofuels and a St. Louis utility company, to CleanTech Biofuels Chief Executive Officer Ed Hennessey told Biomass Magazine.

The biomass generated by the process has substantially less pollutants in emissions from combustion than coal or other refuse derived fuels tested.

Mr Hennessey added that CleanTech Biofuels is assessing the potential of generating internal electricity to power the plant once the project becomes operational.

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