SucreSource will capitalize on the process design packages already completed by BlueFire, providing either a 34,000 tons per year or 163,000 tons per year source of cellulosic sugars.
BlueFire’s process can process multiple and mixed feedstocks, and operates at low temperature and atmospheric conditions using BlueFire’s patented Arkenol Acid Hydrolysis Technology.
BlueFire president and CEO Arnold Klann said SucreSource was created to meet the market’s increasing demand for cellulosic sugars.
"Back-end biochemical and biofuel processes need low cost, non-food cellulosic sugars for widespread commercialization, whether the end product be ethanol, biobutanol, ethyl levulinate, etc," Klann said.
BlueFire CTO John Cuzens said the company’s efficient conversion of low cost cellulosic wastes can produce the lowest cellulosic sugar costs for downstream processing.
BlueFire is focused on shifting the paradigm for energy sources by converting non-food cellulosic wastes into renewable fuels and chemicals.
