TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Renewable Fuels (Sacramento, California) and Red Lion Bio-Energy (Toledo, Ohio) have announced that they have formed Synterra Fuels, a joint venture, to focus on the commercialization and deployment of integrated biorefineries for the production of clean, synthetic diesel fuel and renewable electricity from waste biomass.

"Red Lion Bio-Energy and Pacific Renewable Fuels have invested many years and significant resources in the development of next-generation thermochemical and catalytic conversion technologies," said Alex Johnson, who will serve as CEO of Synterra Fuels. "The marriage of our two technology platforms is an ideal fit."

Synterra's integrated biorefineries produce renewable fuels and electricity with less impact on the environment and with a higher energy efficiency than a natural gas power plant. The Synterra synthetic diesel is a high-quality fuel that is a direct replacement for traditional diesel and will significantly reduce diesel engine emissions and greenhouse gas emissions.

The Synterra team is comprised of technical and business veterans from the energy, fuel, transportation, catalyst, and environmental industries with extensive experience in research, development and commercialization of related products.

Synterra will operate a fully integrated pilot biorefinery at the University of Toledo and manufacturing operations will be focused in California and Ohio. "One of our goals is to capitalize on the assets in Northwest Ohio," said Doug Struble, who will serve as COO of Synterra Fuels. "With the shrinking manufacturing base in the state, there are plenty of qualified people already in Northwest Ohio that we will leverage for green manufacturing jobs."

Several commercial plants are in the planning stages, including one in Gridley, California. "As part of the Gridley Biofuels Project, Pacific Renewable Fuels and Red Lion Bio-Energy were chosen from a comprehensive review of hundreds of technologies to further develop and validate their technologies under a project funded by the Department of Energy, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the California Energy Commission," reported Greg Tamblyn, Executive Director of the Renewable Energy Institute International (REII). "We are happy that Pacific Renewable Fuels and Red Lion Bio-Energy have joined forces to focus on commercialization of this platform."

"Synterra's plants will help our nation meet its long-term goal of producing clean, renewable fuels from the nearly 1.2 billion tons of waste biomass that is generated in the U.S. annually," said Robert Schuetzle, who will serve as President of Synterra Fuels.

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