According to PR Newswire, SGP BioEnergy announced the addition of green H₂ production to the largest planned advanced bio-refinery in the world, allowing the facility to operate with net-zero emissions. In May, SGP BioEnergy announced the plan for the Golden City Biorefinery in Colon and Balboa, Panama.

The facilities construction is on schedule for Phase 1 production to begin in 2025, with all land rights secured to allow for the groundbreaking of physical construction in 2023. Once fully operational the biorefinery will produce 180,000 bpd of biofuel and 405,000 metric tpy of green H₂.

Several partners are working together to make the refinery a reality and many of them joined SGP BioEnergy to conduct the groundbreaking. Over the last few months, SGP BioEnergy has convened political and industry leaders to ensure this massive project stays on schedule and can meet the growing demand for advanced biofuels to produce sustainable aviation fuel, as well as renewable diesel for ground transportation and lower carbon marine fuel.

In addition to establishing these foundational elements, SGP BioEnergy has worked with Topsoe to incorporate its HydroFlex and H2 Bridge technologies to produce green H₂ from the waste carbon and renewable fuels by-products produced during the refining process.

The HydroFlex technology is Topsoe's proprietary technology for taking a wide range of biofuel feedstocks including soy, camelina, canola/rapeseed, and hazelnut and refining them into advanced biofuels. The H2 Bridge technology captures waste propane and carbon off gas from the refining process, converts them into green H₂ and provides that back to the refining facility to power facility operations.