Renewable Fuels & bio-based Chemicals

Energy transition requires many different solutions to address an ever-increasing demand while lowering GHG emissions and other environmental impacts due to energy production and use.

There is a common agreement that moving towards bioeconomy and switching to renewable feedstocks to produce both fuels and raw materials is key for companies and governments to succeed in their transitions and achieve their climate targets as well as other sustainable development goals.

Axens offers today the largest portfolio to do so; providing efficient, reliable and flexible technologies to convert biomass into high quality and low-carbon alternative products for the transportation sector as well as chemical industry.

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Built upon solid biobased feedstocks and biotech foundations of IFPEN of more than 40 years, Axens has developed an extensive knowhow and industrial experience in the renewables field to sustain the challenges of the energy transition actors.

Many different solutions are required to decarbonize the economy; especially in hard-to-abate sectors like transportation and chemical industries where cutting GHG emissions is necessary yet difficult.

Axens offers today the largest portfolio to transition towards bioeconomy in such sectors; providing a large panel of technologies that can be used and combined in multiple pathways to supply numerous renewable products from various sustainable feedstocks.

Atol Process at a glance

3D view of Atol Technology

Atol Process at a glance

3D view of Atol Technology

From gasification to Fischer-Tropsch units in the BioTfueL® Process

Demonstration Unit, Dunkirk France, TOTAL site

From gasification to Fischer-Tropsch units in the BioTfueL® Process

Demonstration Unit, Dunkirk France, TOTAL site

Full scale Pretreatment Plant in the Futurol Proces

Bucy-Le-Long France, Tereos site

Full scale Pretreatment Plant in the Futurol Proces

Bucy-Le-Long France, Tereos site

Futurol Pilot Plant

Pomacle, France

Futurol Pilot Plant

Pomacle, France

Events

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¹² Feb - ¹³ Feb

Helsinki, Finland - UTC+2

2 days

Conference

Renewable Fuels & Bio-Based Chemicals + 8

Cellulosic Ethanol Process Technologies Arsine Removal Adsorbent Chloride Removal Adsorbent Drying Series Adsorbent Mercury Removal Adsorbent Sulfur Removal for Biogas Adsorbent Europe

Lignofuels 2025

Lignofuels takes place from 12th to 13th February 2025 in Helsinki, Finland, will once again bring together key lignofuels and advanced biofuels and materials stakeholders to join the forum discussions and networking.

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Speakers

Speaker (To Be Confirmed)

¹⁷ Feb - ¹⁹ Feb

Cairo, Egypt - UTC+2

3 days

Conference

Carbon Capture & Storage + 8

Oil Refining picto

Renewable Fuels & Bio-Based Chemicals CO₂ Capture Renewable Diesel and Jet Process Technologies Sulfur Removal for Biogas Adsorbent Sulfur Removal for Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Adsorbent Africa

EGYPES 2025

EGYPES takes place from 17 to 19 February 2025 in Cairo, Egypt, will help shape the future energy agenda to unlock the potential of the energy transition and drive sustainable production and climate-conscious practices.

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Speakers

Quentin Debuisschert

Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer

²⁵ Feb - ²⁸ Feb

Vienna, Austria - CET

4 days

Conference

Renewable Fuels & Bio-Based Chemicals + 10

Cellulosic Ethanol Renewable Diesel and Jet Process Technologies Arsine Removal Adsorbent Chloride Removal Adsorbent Drying Series Adsorbent Mercury Removal Adsorbent Sulfur Removal for Biogas Adsorbent Sulfur Removal for Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Adsorbent Europe

ESF EUROPE 2025

2025 ESF Europe: Energy & Sustainability Forum takes place from 25-28 February 2025 in Vienna, Austria and is officially supported by CEPSA, ESFG is helping to accelerate Europe’s energy transition and the development of a sustainable energy future in which the refining and chemicals industries continue to play a leading role.

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Speakers

Cécile Plain

Consulting & Digital - Technology Group Manager

Jan Reneteau

Regional Sales Manager, NECTIS

Maria-Paz Esnaola

Regional Sales Manager

Jacques Rault

Executive Vice President of Technology & Technical Support

Resources you might be interested in

FAQ

What FCC and hydrotreater modifications are needed to increase refinery coprocessing of renewable feedstocks?

FAQ

How can the FCC unit be upgraded to benefit petrochemical integration?

Technical article 25 December 2024

Technical Article - Connecting the Dots to Bankability with Low-Carbon Bio-Hubs for Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals

Oil Refining

Case Study - Enhancing diesel hydrotreater capacity and reducing CO₂ emissions

White Paper - Reducing the Environmental Impact of BTX Production

Oil Refining

Case Study - Multi-sites Energy Efficiency Audit in the Framework of the ISO 50001 Standard

Press release 19 January 2024

Michelin, IFPEN and Axens inaugurate the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing butadiene from bioethanol in France

Press release 20 December 2023

Norsk e-Fuel contracts Paul Wurth (SMS group) to carry out a FEED study integrating Axens technologies for the first e-Fuel plant

Press release 30 August 2023

E-fuels: Axens, Paul Wurth (SMS group) and IFPEN sign an agreement for the co-development of the Reverse Water Gas Shift technology

Insight 13 July 2022

On The Road to Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Written by Audrey Jouan

Insight 20 January 2022

Shaping the Future of Refining with Advanced Technologies

Written by Richard Truong

Insight 17 September 2020

Renewable Transportation Fuels - a U.S. Focus

Written by Audrey Jouan

Insight 13 February 2020

What are Tomorrow Megatrends & What is at Stake?

Written by Richard Truong

Insight 21 September 2018

How Can Axens Biofuels Technologies Help Refineries Meet the Future Today?

Written by Audrey Jouan

Renewable Fuels & Bio-Based Chemicals

Case Study - Producing Renewable Liquid Products From Different Lipid Feedstocks Through a Revamp

Renewable Fuels & Bio-Based Chemicals

Case Study - Feasibility Study Of A Standalone Biorefinery For MGH Based On Axens’ Biofuel Technologies Portfolio Vegan® And Futurol™

White Paper - Solutions for More Sustainable Transportation Fuels and Chemicals

Technical article 25 December 2024

Technical Article - Connecting the Dots to Bankability with Low-Carbon Bio-Hubs for Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals

Technical article 25 November 2024

Technical Article - Fueling the future of aviation – the role of low-carbon hydrogen in SAF production

Technical article 24 September 2024

Technical Article - Futurol®: Connecting the dots to bankability with low-carbon bio-hubs for sustainable fuels and chemicals

FAQ

What FCC and hydrotreater modifications are needed to increase refinery coprocessing of renewable feedstocks?

FAQ

What are some of the optimal strategies for processing (or co-processing) second- and third-generation renewable feedstocks?

FAQ

How can the refining industry supply the aviation industry’s growing demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)? What are the most efficient pathways?

Press release 19 January 2024

Michelin, IFPEN and Axens inaugurate the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing butadiene from bioethanol in France

Press release 20 December 2023

Norsk e-Fuel contracts Paul Wurth (SMS group) to carry out a FEED study integrating Axens technologies for the first e-Fuel plant

Press release 30 August 2023

E-fuels: Axens, Paul Wurth (SMS group) and IFPEN sign an agreement for the co-development of the Reverse Water Gas Shift technology

Press release 2 August 2023

Axens will provide Vegan Technology to Haike Chemicals for its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project in China

Press release 24 July 2023

ECARU, Qalaa Holdings and Axens to Carry Out Technical and Economic studies for a Project of Second-Generation Biofuel (Advanced Bioethanol) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production

Press release 3 July 2023

Syclus choses Axens to provide Atol® technology for Europe’s first ethanol-based renewable ethylene production plant

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