Last year, DynaMotive completed construction of its first commercial plant in West Lorne, Canada. The company resumed commercial production of its green waste-to-oil operations on January 13 after shutting down briefly for the holiday season.
The company said it intended to expand the commercial development and distribution of its "BioOil" product as an alternative to hydrocarbon fuels, with the assistance of its recently announced strategic partner, Mitsubishi Canada.
DynaMotive chief executive Andrew Kingston said 2006 would be an important year for the company as it began construction of its first large production facility in Toronto, for local company Megacity Recycling.
The Megacity plant will be the first to use the company's conceptual model for a 200 tonnes per day production facility, developed in 2005.
The company will also continue to develop a 500tpd project with Canadian forestry company E&R Langille. DynaMotive said it would begin construction of the plant before the end of 2006.
"These are very exciting times for DynaMotive and for the biomass energy sector," Kingston said.
"DynaMotive has repeatedly demonstrated that its technology is both scalable and reliable."
E&R Langille said the proposed plant is expected to be completed in two stages, comprised of an initial 200tpd facility with a further module to be added subsequently.
The plant is expected to be located near the port of Pictou in Nova Scotia and will use woodchips and other biomass sources in the area.
Both parties claim they have access to the biomass required to run the proposed plant at full production capacity.
DynaMotive also said it intended to further develop its technology to include the refining of the BioOil into transport-grade fuels.
