Dr. Cao Man, Chairman of Board & General Manager of Qingdao Tianren and Mr. Kurt Sorschak, President & CEO of Xebec.
Canada’s Xebec Adsorption Inc., a provider of biogas upgrading, natural gas and hydrogen purification solutions for the clean energy market, has signed a cooperation agreement with Qingdao Tianren Environment Co. Ltd. (Tianren) for the development of anaerobic digestion systems that produce renewable compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle fuel from waste materials. The signing ceremony took place at the Canadian Pavilion at World Expo in Shanghai in the presence of the Canadian Minister of International Trade Mr. Peter Van Loan.
Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, Xebec will supply biogas purification equipment for future biogas-to-CNG projects developed by Tianren. In addition, Xebec and Tianren will cooperate in a range of additional areas, including the deployment of Tianren’s anaerobic digestion technology in markets outside of China.
“The biogas market in China is poised for significant growth, as the Chinese government seeks solutions to process increasing amounts of municipal and agricultural wastes in an environmentally responsible matter. Currently there are more than 5,000 biogas digesters in China, producing some 13 billion cubic meters (m3) of biogas annually. According to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture this number is set to increase to at least 40 billion m3 of biogas by 2020. At the same time, demand for CNG as a clean burning transportation fuel is also growing in China. The production of renewable CNG vehicle fuel from waste materials represents an exciting opportunity to create high-value renewable fuels while helping to solve China’s waste management challenges and reducing their carbon footprint,” said Kurt Sorschak, President and CEO of Xebec.
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