FORGE Sombra Ontario Biofuel Production Plant
Canada
Greenfield
Overview
Status
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Greenfield
Region
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North America
Geography
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Canada
State
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Ontario
Equity Owner
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FORGE Hydrocarbons Corp
Proponent
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Forge Sombra Corporation
Output
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Renewable diesel
Renewable naphtha
Sustainable aviation fuel
Type of electricty
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Capacity
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7.5 million gallons/year
Financing
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Technology
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FORGE’s Lipid-to-Hydrocarbon (LTH) technology
Technical Advisors
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Advisors
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Project Contact
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Tim Haig, CEO FORGE Hydrocarbons Corp. C: 905-815-7786 E: thaig@FORGEhc.com
Lawyers
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Project Cost
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CAD $30m
Offtaker
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World Energy BIOX, Shell (ROFO), Canadian gov't fleets
Commercial Operations Date
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2024
Decommission Date
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FID
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Description
A CAD$30 million commercial-scale, biofuel production plant in Sombra, Ontario.
The capacity of the Sombra production plant is 7.5 million gallons of renewable fuel annually. The facility has a production limit of up to 11,700 cubic meters of renewable naphtha and 20,000 cubic meters of renewable diesel per year.
In February 2020, FORGE Hydrocarbons Corp announced an equity investment from Shell Ventures and a follow-on contribution from Valent Low-Carbon Technologies for the production plant.
FORGE’s Lipid-to-Hydrocarbon (LTH) technology creates renewable jet fuel, diesel, and naphtha from waste fats and oils.
The technology was invented by Dr. David Bressler at the University of Alberta. It was licensed through TEC Edmonton to FORGE which was founded by biofuels entrepreneur Tim Haig, also founder of BIOX Corp, now a part of World Energy.