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Accelera partners on Canada biorefinery project

Monday, March 20, 2023 03:37 PM EDT Updated: Monday, March 20, 2023 06:18 PM EDT
By Wes Mills
Varennes Carbon Recycling (VCR) will produce biofuels and renewable chemicals made from non-recyclable residual materials as well as wood waste. (Credit: CNW Group/Enerkem Inc.)

Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYS: CMI) is supplying a 90-megawatt electrolyzer system to support a carbon recycling plant in Quebec, Canada.

The company’s recently-rebranded business segment, Accelera by Cummins, is partnering with a Canadian consortium which is building a $685 million biorefinery to produce methanol.

A proton exchange membrane electrolyzer system splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen, in compressed gas form, can be used as a power source.

The Varennes Carbon Recycling Plant, which is a partnership of Shell, Suncor and Proman, will produce biofuels from non-recyclable waste materials and wood waste.

The facility is under construction and scheduled to be operational in 2025.

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