BTG Bioliquids, NanosTech team up on advanced biofuels

Netherlands-based BTG Bioliquids said it has teamed up with Canadian pyrolysis technology company NanosTech to jointly develop solutions to produce advanced, drop-in biofuels.

“We’ve always believed in the untapped potential of our pyrolysis oil. Seeing it now evolve into a true drop-in fuel through this collaboration is deeply rewarding,” said Gerhard Muggen, managing director at BTL.

The companies are actively engaging industrial and government stakeholders to accelerate deployment by the end of 2025.

“Green Chemistry is the most elegant way to decarbonise,” said Myles McGovern, CEO of NanosTech. “BTL’s deep expertise in pyrolysis, combined with our advanced catalyst platform, unlocks what was previously out of reach, transforming complex bio-oils into true drop-in fuels.”

Under the partnership, BTL will combine its fast pyrolysis technology, which converts sustainable biomass into bio-oil, with NanosTech’s proprietary Aquaprocessing (AQP) platform, which upgrades even the most challenging bio-oils into refinery-ready feedstocks to produce fuels such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, and marine fuels.

The two companies are collaborating to determine the location in Canada and Europe for the new 500-barrel-per-day modular biorefinery system.

The companies also plan to use second-generation biofuels, made from non-food biomass such as forestry residues and agricultural waste, to be used as feedstocks in their production process.

The BTL-NanosTech solution enables this with a flexible, modular system that eliminates the need for large external hydrogen or massive refinery-scale infrastructure.​