W2C Rotterdam project welcomes Shell as partner

Shell joins as equity partner with Air Liquide, Enerkem, Nouryon and the Port of Rotterdam

06-Mar-2019 - A consortium of world-leading companies comprising Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam – has announced that Shell will join as a partner in Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Shell will ...

Initial funding to kick off waste-to-chemistry project in Rotterdam

19-Feb-2018 - A consortium of companies comprising Air Liquide, AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam hassigned a project development agreement covering initial investments in an advanced waste-to-chemistry facility in Rotterdam. The facility will be the first of its kind in Europe ...

Enerkem and Sinobioway Group create a joint venture to build over 100 biofuel facilities in China

24-Jan-2018 - Enerkem Inc. announced it has signed an agreement with Sinobioway Group worth over C$125M in the form of equity investment in Enerkem Inc., future licenses, equipment manufacturing and sales, as well as for the creation of a major joint venture that will lead the construction of over 100 Enerkem ...

Waste-to-chemicals consortium boosted by new partners

08-Jun-2015 - A major Dutch initiative designed to investigate how waste can be used as a raw material to produce chemicals has more than doubled in size since being launched late last year. Initially formed by AkzoNobel, Enerkem and four regional partners, the collaboration has since attracted eight more ...

AkzoNobel and partners to explore use of waste as chemicals feedstock

14-Nov-2014 - AkzoNobel is part of a major Dutch partnership working with Canada's Enerkem to explore the use of waste streams as a feedstock for chemical production and the development of waste-to-chemicals facilities. The collaboration features a number of industry and semi-governmental partners looking to ...

Enerkem launches full-scale waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility

First commercial advanced biorefinery to exclusively use municipal solid waste to produce advanced biofuels and chemicals

05-Jun-2014 - Enerkem Inc. officially inaugurated its first full-scale municipal waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility in Edmonton, Alberta. This announcement was shared by Enerkem’s CEO, Vincent Chornet, Mayor Don Iveson from the City of Edmonton, and the Honourable Robin Campbell, Minister of Environment ...

Enerkem Chief Technology Officer receives 2013 Don Klass Award

09-Sep-2013 - Enerkem Inc. announced that Dr. Esteban Chornet, its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, was presented with the 2013 Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science at the tcbiomass2013 dinner event held in Chicago by the Gas Technology Institute. This award recognizes ...

Enerkem raises C$50 million in latest financing round

24-Jun-2013 - Enerkem Inc. announced the closing of a C$50 million financing, which brings total equity investment raised by Enerkem in 2013 to C$87 million. As part of this financing, institutional fund Investissement Québec joins existing investors Waste Management of Canada, Rho Ventures, Braemar Energy ...

Enerkem begins ethanol production from waste at its demonstration facility in Westbury, Québec

12-Jun-2012 - Enerkem Inc. announced the initial production of cellulosic ethanol from waste materials at its demonstration facility in Westbury, Québec.“The start of ethanol production at our Westbury facility is a significant milestone”, said Vincent Chornet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Enerkem. ...

Enerkem appoints new board member

02-Feb-2012 - Enerkem announced that Carl Rush, Senior Vice President of Organic Growth for Waste Management, Inc., joined its board of directors. Mr. Rush joined Waste Management in 2001. As Senior Vice President of Organic Growth, he is responsible for finding growth opportunities that are synergistic with ...