BioFuel Production

Loring BioFuels, LLC, is focused on the conversion of wood waste into renewable biofuels for heating, transportation, marine and aviation applications.

The Loring BioFuels Project (“the Project”) is a Development Stage nominal 100+ million gallon per year biofuels manufacturing facility, to be fueled by substantial, sustainable woody biomass resources in the region, using state-of-the art receiving and processing technology.

The process of converting woody biomass to a fuel involves gasifying the biomass in a high-temperature, oxygen-deprived environment to produce a syngas, which consists of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and other gases. The syngas is then cleaned and purified to remove impurities and contaminants before it is processed through a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, which converts the gases into long-chain hydrocarbons. These hydrocarbons are then refined to produce sustainable aviation and other renewable fuels equivalent to diesel and home heating oil, among others.

The Loring Development team is working to evaluate several different conversion technologies for license. The current design is based on the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydroprocessed synthesized paraffinic kerosene (SPK) fuel using solid biomass resources (e.g., wood residues) (FT-SPK); with a maximum blend level of 50%.

Types of renewable products to be produced:

  • Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) - ASTM-certified for blending up to 50% with traditional Jet-A

  • “Green Hydrogen” - separating water into hydrogen and oxygen using electrolysis powered by 100% renewable energy sources

  • Renewable Diesel - a transportation fuel for marine, long-haul trucking, and machinery

  • Heating Fuel - equivalent to home heating oil

  • Naphtha - a blending gas for industrial processes