How much synthetic biofuel will be produced?
The plant at Freiberg known as the Alpha plant (pilot plant) produced up to 100 litres per day. The pilot plant is currently not in operation. The so-called Beta plant, the world’s first commercial plant for the production of synthetic biofuel, which is also at Freiberg, will produce up to 18 million litres of synthetic fuel per year. That is equivalent to the annual fuel consumption of roughly 15,000 cars. Plants with a fuel capacity of at least 100,000 tons per year have the potential to achieve greater economic efficiency. CHOREN is therefore planning to construct standard plants, known as Sigma plants, with an annual output of 200,000 tons or 270 million litres of synthetic biofuel.
