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The Smart Way - Utilising RTPTM
technology to produce sustainable 2nd generation bio-oil from local feedstocksNWBC 2012 CEO Timo Saarelainen
• Operating environment
• Green Fuel Nordic Oy
• The Smart Way
• Renewable, local feedstock
• RTPTM Green Fuel Production Technology
• RTPTM Green Fuel Applications
Contents
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Operating environment
Forces driving political, social and business development • Climate change• Dependence on fossil fuels• Growing population• Increasing
• Energy consumption• Oil Price• Food price
Sustainable opportunities• Innovative technologies
• Bio-based solutions > Bio-economy
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Green Fuel Nordic Oy
Green Fuel Nordic OyA Finnish biorefinery company established in 2011. Headquarters in Kuopio, in Eastern Finland.
Our missionWe offer a lucrative and local alternative to fossil fuels. We are a frontrunner in the
refining of second-generation liquid biofuels.
Our visionWe are the most successful refiner of local liquid biofuels in our market areas.
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The Smart Way – Our Choises
• Commercial and proven technology– RTPTM , fast pyrolysis technology from Envergent Technologies, a Honeywell company
– Strategic co-operation agreement
• RTP Green Fuel - 2nd generation liquid biofuel– Feedstock is forest-based biomass
– Not conflicting with food chain or indirect land-use change (ILUC)
– Storage and transportation properties
• Feestock comes from the Finnish forest– Forest growth is over 100 Million m3 per year
– Industrial use is around 50 Million m3 per annum; 70-75 Million m3 could be used sustainably
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The growth of Finnish forests is over 100 mill. m3 per year
Forest balance in Finland 1960-2011
SOURCE: Metla, Finnish Forest Industries
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Use of domestic wood in Finland 2011First use 62 million m3 and second use 22 million m3
SOURCE: Metla
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Applications for RTP Green Fuel
• Power and heat in industry and municipalities– Standard solutions for green field and
replacement investments
• Marine applications– Sulphur-free, rebewable fuel for diesel engines
• Green, 2nd generation transportation fuels– Drop-in gasoline, diesel and jet using existing
infrastructure
• Not to exclude other high-value applications