EcoTech Fuels converts waste materials, specifically dead and diseased trees, into sustainable aviation fuel and diesel. The company offers communities environmentally sound and cost-effective alternatives to traditional waste disposal methods like burning or landfilling. Their processes utilize field-tested synfuel engineering expertise to produce advanced biofuels.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Increasing wildfire risk due to drought, disease, and climate change in Western forests creates a need for effective forest waste management. Traditional methods of disposal, such as burning or landfilling, are environmentally suboptimal and do not leverage the potential value of this biomass.
Solution
EcoTech Fuels addresses this challenge by converting dead and diseased trees into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel. Their proprietary process utilizes gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to transform woody biomass into advanced synfuels. This approach not only mitigates wildfire risk by removing flammable forest materials but also provides communities with a cost-effective and environmentally responsible alternative to conventional waste disposal. By creating a circular economy for forest waste, EcoTech Fuels contributes to cleaner air and supports local economic development through job creation.
Target Audience
The primary customers are entities involved in forest management, aviation fuel supply chains, and regional energy markets seeking sustainable fuel alternatives and effective biomass utilization solutions.
Features
- Woody biomass feedstock processing: Chopping, drying, and blending of forest waste for consistent gasifier input.
- Gasification and Syngas Reformation: High-temperature conversion of biomass into synthesis gas (syngas), followed by purification and reformation into carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
- Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Conversion: Fischer-Tropsch process to transform syngas into a waxy paraffinic liquid fuel.
- Hydrotreating and Refining: Final stage to produce zero-sulfur, high-cetane synthetic diesel and SAF.
- Closed-loop gasification technology with proven decades of utilization.
- Partnership with Black & Veatch for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and EPC services.
- U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations Grant recipient for the Rio Grande Biofuels project.