Ensyn Fuels is to provide Youngstown Thermal up to 2.5 million gallons of RFO per year, with deliveries to begin as soon as the 4Q 2015, in time for the 2015-2016 winter season. Youngstown Thermal will use the RFO to displace up to 50% of its fuel needs in their natural gas fueled boiler. This five-year contract follows a series of successful RFO combustion demonstrations carried out at Youngstown Thermal in 2014.
Ensyn’s RFO is a liquid fuel produced from non-food solid biomass including forest and mill residues. RFO, essentially “liquid wood”, displaces petroleum fuels in heating operations and is also a renewable feedstock for refineries for the production of spec gasoline and diesel.
Ensyn Fuels’ initial deliveries of RFO are expected to be produced at Ensyn’s 3 million gallon/year facility in Ontario, with eventual supply from the Ontario facility and/or one of several new projects Ensyn and its partners are developing in Eastern Canada/Eastern US. Ensyn’s Ontario facility has been qualified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the US Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS2) program. Ensyn expects that sales of RFO to Youngstown Thermal will qualify for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) under the RFS2 program.
Ensyn is a leader in the production of cellulosic liquid biofuels produced from wood residues and other non-food woody biomass.