Scottish green chemicals company Celtic Renewables has appointed engineering design consultancy Allen Associates to finalise the design for a new industrial-scale green chemical production plant in Grangemouth. The capacity of the new facility will be ten times that of the company’s current demonstrator plant.
Celtic Renewables said it uses the ABE fermentation process to transform locally sourced by-products and waste from the food, drink and agricultural industries into bio-acetone, bio-butanol, and bio-ethanol.
Celtic Renewables CEO Mark Simmers said the project with Allen Associates “is an important step for Celtic Renewables as we look to ramp up our current production capabilities to meet the growing global demand for bio-based alternatives to chemicals derived from fossil fuels”.
He added, “When built, our new biorefinery at Grangemouth will be Celtic Renewables’ first world-scale commercial facility. It will provide the blueprint for future green chemical production facilities, both here in the UK and in other markets around the world.”