This demonstration plant is expected to process about 10,000 gallons of Gevo’s isobutanol per month into a variety of renewable hydrocarbon materials including jet fuel for engine testing, isooctane for gasoline, isooctene and paraxylene for polyethylene terephthalate.
The plant will supply other potential customers with material for product qualification and evaluation, and is slated for completion before the end of this year.
Gevo will receive South Hampton Resources’ toll-manufacturing services at its Silsbee facility.
South Hampton Resources will also complete the final design and engineering package for the demonstration plant from preliminary plans supplied by Gevo.
Gevo CEO Patrick Gruber said the facility allows the company to complete the value chain from isobutanol to renewable hydrocarbon fuels and chemical intermediates which is one of our key strategic objectives.
Gevo will own all the intellectual property that results from the work including the plans, designs and systems developed for the demonstration plant and future commercial-scale plants.
