中國石化新聞網訊 據ICIS網站1月4日消息 美國異丁醇生產商Gevo周一表示,已選擇Koch項目解決方案公司為其正在融資的一些擴建項目提供前端工程和設計(FEED)服務。
Koch還將提供項目執行管理服務。
在2020年早些時候,Gevo聘請了花旗集團全球市場部為其運營和擴張項目融資。Koch將參與那些由花旗集團資助的項目。
Gevo在明尼蘇達州Luverne的一家工廠裡發酵糖生產乙醇和異丁醇,其暫停了工廠的乙醇部分,但繼續生產異丁醇。
該公司還在德克薩斯州的西爾斯比有一個示範工廠,將異丁醇轉化為可再生的噴氣燃料、可再生的異辛烷和可再生的異辛烯。
Gevo希望建造更多的下遊工廠。
去年12月底,該公司表示,獲得了購買南達科他州普雷斯頓湖附近土地的選擇權,用於一個可再生燃料項目。如果建成,該項目產能將達4500萬加侖/年(1.7億升/年)。
Gevo還可能在Luverne的廠址旁建一座工廠。
關於擴建項目的FEED部分,Koch項目解決方案公司總裁Paul Switzer表示:「Gevo和Koch項目解決方案公司建立了有益的合作關係,將以有意義的規模提供這項寶貴的技術。這完全符合Koch公司的願景,有助於從現有原料中獲得卓越的社會效益。」
王磊 摘譯自 ICIS
原文如下:
US Gevo picks engineer for renewable fuel plants
Gevo has picked Koch Project Solutions to provide the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for some expansion projects it is in the process of financing, the US-based isobutanol producer said on Monday.
Koch will also provide project-execution management services.
Earlier in 2020, Gevo hired Citigroup Global Markets to help it finance its operations and expansion projects. Koch will be involved in those projects that would be financed by Citigroup.
Gevo ferments sugar to produce ethanol and isobutanol at a plant in Luverne, Minnesota. It had suspended the ethanol portion of the plant, but it continues to make isobutanol.
The company also has a demonstration plant in Silsbee, Texas, that converts isobutanol into renewable jet fuel, renewable iso-octane and renewable iso-octene.
Gevo wants to build more of these downstream plants.
Late in December, the company said it obtained an option to buy land near Lake Preston in South Dakota state for a renewable fuels project. If built, the project would produce 45m gal/year (170m litres/year).
Gevo may also build a plant next to its site in Luverne, the company said.
In regards to the FEED portion of the expansion projects, Paul Switzer, president of Koch Project Solutions, said, "Gevo and Koch Project Solutions have forged a beneficial partnership that will deliver this valuable technology at a meaningful scale. It fits well into the Koch vision to help deliver superior societal benefits from existing feedstocks."