据烃加工网站1月7日消息 壳牌将使用加拿大领先的清洁技术公司Enerkem开发的技术，在该工厂拥有40%的权益。Enerkem于2020年12月宣布了该项目，但商业协议有待最终确定。
大约8.75亿加元的商业规模的设施将在魁北克省的瓦伦斯建造，并将利用Enerkem的专有技术从不可回收的废物中生产低碳燃料和可再生化学品产品。该设施一期工程计划于2023年投产。壳牌、Enerkem、Suncor、Proman和魁北克水电公司以及魁北克省和加拿大政府对该厂进行关键投资。
壳牌加拿大公司总裁兼主席Michael Crothers表示：“建设一个商业规模的低碳燃料工厂是壳牌推进清洁燃料发展的途径之一，也是壳牌不断发展以满足客户不断变化的期望的途径之一。由于加拿大人的聪明才智和我们合作的意愿，加拿大非常适合利用能源转型。我们非常感谢工业界和政府之间的合作，这种合作有助于实现这一项目。”
该厂建成后，每年将处理20多万吨不可回收废弃物和木材废弃物，年生产低碳燃料近1.25亿升。
Crothers 说：“瓦伦斯碳回收厂表明了我们的承诺和能力，利用废物作为原料，为我们的客户提供低碳、高质量和负担得起的产品。”
在过去的十年里，壳牌公司通过我们在巴西的合资企业Raízen一直是一家重要的低碳燃料乙醇生产商。生物乙醇是当今减少道路运输排放的有效方法，无需投资于新的车辆或基础设施，并已在帮助美洲和欧洲道路运输脱碳方面发挥了重要作用。
吴恒磊 编译自 烃加工
原文如下：
Shell invests in Québec’s first waste to low-carbon fuels plant
Shell will have a 40% interest in the plant using technology developed by Enerkem, a leading Canadian clean tech company. Enerkem announced the project in December 2020, subject to finalization of commercial agreements.
The approximately C$875 million commercial-scale facility will be constructed in Varennes, Québec, and will produce low-carbon fuels and renewable chemicals products from non-recyclable waste using Enerkem’s proprietary technology. Commissioning of the first phase of the facility is scheduled for 2023. Critical investment in the plant comes from Shell, Enerkem, Suncor, Proman and Hydro-Québec, as well as from the Québec and Canadian governments.
“Building a commercial-scale low-carbon fuels plant is once completed, the plant will treat more than 200,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste and wood waste per year with an annual production of nearly 125 million litres of low carbon fuels.
“The Varennes Carbon Recycling plant demonstrates our commitment and ability to use wastes as a feedstock to provide our customers with low carbon, high quality and affordable products,” added Crothers.
Shell has been a significant producer of ethanol as a low carbon fuel for the last ten years through Raízen, our joint venture in Brazil. Bioethanol is an effective way to reduce road transport emissions today, without the need to invest in new vehicles or infrastructure and already play a significant role in helping to decarbonise road transport in the Americas and in Europe.
