After more than two years of trials, Highbury has successfully completed a multi-year R&D biomass-to-liquids project. Supported by the BC Bioenergy Network and the Korea Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), the tests proved the effectiveness of Highbury’s gasification technology in combination with syngs-to- liquids processes developed by the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)
KIER’s advantages over traditional and more complex FT processes and its robust, efficient, gas-to-liquids process include a significantly less expensive reactor design and patented, low-cost iron catalyst tailored to the composition of Highbury’s syngas. Highbury’s syngas was proven to be able to create hydrocarbon liquids for potential conversion to low-carbon diesel or aviation fuel.
Highbury has since negotiated the rights to use KIER’s proprietary FT technologies for building a demonstration project in BC and to deploy KIER’s FT technology in all of Canada to produce its highly desirable, low carbon intensity (LCI) hydrocarbon liquids.