Members

We are made up of companies that want to promote the role of advanced biofuels in achieving climate neutrality.

Jos Tholhuijsen

Chair

FincoEnergies is a pioneer, global market maker and market leader in truly sustainable biofuels.
Our goal is to create a better world by accelerating the energy transition in these transport segments for which biofuels are one of the best or only viable alternatives in the foreseeable future.
Together with you we create and implement sustainable solutions for land and sea.  As a transition partner, we will accompany you in setting your sustainability goals and help you move towards a better world.

Matthias Held

Vice Chair

UPM’s Lappeenranta Biorefinery is the world’s first producer of wood-based renewable diesel and renewable naphtha for the transport and petrochemical sectors with a capacity of 130,000 tonnes. UPM BioVerno reduces greenhouse gas emissions by over 80%. UPM has announced its intention to grow in advanced biofuels and is studying an investment option for another biorefinery with a 500,000-tonne capacity.


Ian Denis

Vice Chair

Enerkem has developed a proprietary gasification technology to produce advanced biofuels, low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste and residues (e.g. municipal solid waste). Enerkem’s solution helps diversify energy sources and offers a sustainable alternative to landfilling and incineration.
Enerkem’s technology is currently at the heart of the Varennes Carbon Recycling (VCR) biorefinery project in Varennes, Québec. The plant is under construction and will convert a combination of forest biomass residues and non-recyclable residual materials into 100,000 tonnes per annum of bio and circular methanol. Enerkem’s gasification technology is also central to the Ecoplanta project in Tarragona, Spain. This project, led by Repsol, a leader in the Spanish petrochemical industry, has received funding from the European Commission’s Innovation Fund.

Gerhard Muggen

BTG is private consultancy, project development and research & technology development company specialized in bioenergy, advanced biofuels and biobased materials. BTG is a SME and based in the Netherlands. Through its’ spin-off company BTG-BTL (www.btg-btl.com) the flash pyrolysis technology is rolled-out. Pyrolysis oil production plants have been sold in The Netherlands, Finland and Sweden. BTG-BTL is, in partnership with TechnipFMC, focusing at co-processing of crude pyrolysis oil in existing refineries, while new BTG-companies will focus at the development of new stand-alone biorefineries producing advanced biofuels based on pyrolysis oil.


Vincent Nemček

ENVIRAL Slovakia, the first bioethanol producer in Slovakia is part of ENVIEN group – the leading CEE biofuels holding with 9 companies in 4 countries producing both conventional biodiesel and bioethanol. Since 2007 ENVIRAL operates production plant in Leopoldov Slovakia with current annual production capacity of 145.000 m3 of bioethanol. ENVIRAL is actively looking at the development of advanced biofuels production.

GIDARA Energy is focused on converting waste feedstocks into sustainable fuels and circular chemicals using our patented technologies.

Marlene Burwick

St1 is a Nordic energy Group whose vision is to be the leading producer and seller of CO2-aware energy. St1 focuses on fuels marketing, oil refining, advanced biofuels, industrial wind power and geothermal heat. St1 also operates waste to bioethanol plants in the Nordics. Based on St1’s proprietary technology, a first of a kind Cellunolix® unit that produces advanced ethanol from saw dust, is in operation in Kajaani, Finland. Company’s turnover in 2018 came to 6,9 billion euros.

Sophia Haywood

LanzaJet is a leading sustainable fuels technology company dedicated to accelerating the energy transition. As a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technology provider and producer with our patented LanzaJet® Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology, LanzaJet is creating an opportunity for future generations by accelerating the deployment of SAF and other clean technologies critical to addressing the climate crisis and transforming the global economy.

Tom Berg

SkyNRG is a global leader in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Since 2009, the company has been scaling up SAF demand and production capacity for the industry to meet its 2050 net zero commitment. SkyNRG was the first in the world to supply SAF on a commercial flight flown by co-founder and shareholder KLM in 2011. To date, SkyNRG has supplied SAF to over 40 airlines across the world and is now developing dedicated production facilities to support the shift from fossil jet fuel to sustainable aviation fuel. As a certified B Corp™ SkyNRG prioritizes producing the most responsible and sustainable SAF worldwide. Recognized as a sustainability leader, it maintains an independent Sustainability Board, which advises the company on feedstocks and provides strategic guidance on wide-ranging sustainability issues. SkyNRG operations are certified against the RSB EU RED, CORSIA, and Book & Claim standards.

Global Bioenergies has developed a unique fermentation process that converts renewable feedstocks into isobutene, a key molecule used in the production of advanced biofuels, including in its ASTM-certified sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).