Panellist at Platts EU Biofuels Seminar, Geneva
Per Sune Koustrup were a Panellist at Platts 6th Annual EU Biofuels Seminar 2017 held at Grand Hotel Kempinski, Geneva on April 26th.
He participated in Session 3: “Examining the advanced biofuels capable of large-scale production” from 1415 to 1505 together with;
- Carl Wolf, Vice President, Europe, LanzaTech
- Robert Boyd, Manager, Environment, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
- Angel Alberdi, Secretary General, European Wasste-to-Advanced-Biofuels Association and
- Alysia Tofflemire, Environment & CSR Policy Manager, Boeing
The session was headed by Aaron Berry, Head of biofuels Strategy, Department for Transport, UK
Per elaborated on the fact that 2G bio-methanol production from gasification of biomass is at least double as efficient as 2G bio-ethanol from fermentation of cellulosic material, and that the bio-potential can be doubled by adding (renewable) hydrogen to the syngas.
He also elaborated on the limited global biomass potential (of app. 200 Exa-Joule per year).
Finally it was discussed how one in the future easily can produce jet-fuel using the Methanol-to-Jet (MTJ) technology developed by Mobil in the 1970s and Haldor-Topsø in the 1980’s – with only slight modifications. The energy-losses associated with bio-jet fuel production from methanol is as low as 7-8%.
