Project type

Advanced fuels

End-product

Renewable and Recycled Carbon Dimethyl Ether (rDME)

What is happening

• Arboretum UK will produce c.50,000 tonnes per annum of rDME from c.250,000 tonnes per annum of waste using our modular XTE solution coupled with a single stage slurry-phase synthesis technology from RenFuD, forming a KEW XTF solution
• Circular Fuels Ltd (CFL) is the development vehicle for delivering this project. Circular Fuels Ltd (CFL) is a joint venture between Dimeta (a joint venture between SHV Energy and UGI International; two of the world’s largest LPG distributors) and KEW Technology. CFL is a specialised project development company, which develops construction-ready rDME production plants using our proprietary advanced gasification technology
• site is secured in Teesworks in Teesside and is in detailed engineering stage
• This solution is carbon capture ready with CO2 ready for CCU or CCS
• Subsequent Arboretum #2 and #3 is currently under development in Europe and USA

Location

Teesside, UK

Feedstock

Waste

Client testimonial

Client Testimonial: “We believe rDME has significant potential to help us achieve our ambitions to be a leader in sustainable energy, and KEW’s proprietary technology is an important new and efficient route to valorise waste” – Bram Gräber, CEO SHV Energy

Project type

Industrial

End-product

Syngas as a natural gas substitute

What is happening

• With our partners, NSG Group’s Pilkington United Kingdom Limited and NGF Europe Limited, we are developing an industrial co-location solution to provide on-site fuel switching
• For this, our techno-commercially proven and innovative modular advanced gasification units will be used to provide syngas as a pressurised natural gas substitute to reduce the consumption of carbon-intensive natural gas and subsequent emissions at the two NSG Group glass manufacturing sites in St Helens
• The MADE for Glass project represents an important step for NSG Group in its aims to decarbonise its production processes and achieve a 21% reduction in site emissions by 2030 and, as such, is identified as part of their transformation journey
• Neil Syder, Managing Director at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, said: “We are excited to explore the potential for syngas as a lower-carbon alternative fuel to natural gas in support of our decarbonisation objectives. This project will enable us to better understand the technical and commercial benefits that KEW’s technology can deliver.”
• The wider deployment of our industrial co-location solution across the UK’s energy-intensive industries, will greatly assist in helping the UK to achieve its 78% CO2 reduction target by 2035. Successful deployment will demonstrate the ability to convert the greatest possible energy available from waste and biomass resources to achieve the greatest possible GHG reductions for those hard-to-decarbonise energy-intensive industries

Location

St Helen’s, UK

Feedstock

Waste/biomass

Client testimonial

“At NSG Group, we view our Modular Approach to Decarbonisation of Energy (MADE for Glass) project with KEW as critical on our pathway to achieve a 30% reduction in site emissions by 2030, as per our science-based target for emissions reductions. As one of our most promising potential projects, the MADE for Glass project is classified as one of our Transformation Projects.” – Neil Syder, Managing Director at NSG Group, Pilkington United Kingdom Limited