Red Rock Biofuels

Red Rock Biofuels (“RRB”) was founded in 2011 and is positioned to be the leading producer of drop-in, renewable, low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. With broad international agreement in the aviation industry for carbon-free growth beyond 2020 under CORSIA, airlines are actively seeking low-carbon jet fuel to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The civil aviation industry alone will require ~1.5 billion gallons per year of new renewable jet fuel production capacity to meet this commitment. The U.S. military has also emerged as a major driver in the renewable jet and diesel fuel markets.  The U.S. Navy has a goal to meet 50% of its total energy needs from alternative sources by 2020, which equates to a requirement for 336 million gallons per year, evenly split between aviation fuel and marine diesel. To meet these high demands for low-carbon renewable fuels, RRB will build a global portfolio of biorefineries to convert waste woody biomass into renewable jet and diesel fuels.  Through a proprietary integration of existing technologies, RRB makes the long-commercialized Fischer-Tropsch process economic at the biomass scale.  And by using forest and sawmill residues, we will not only avoid competition for agricultural resources, but also reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires by removing waste biomass from overgrown forests.

PROCESS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

RRB’s technology platform converts woody biomass to jet, diesel, and naphtha fuels. Our process begins with the gasification of woody biomass to produce synthesis gas. This synthesis gas is cleaned and sent to a Fischer-Tropsch unit where it is converted to liquid hydrocarbons. Hydroprocessing refines the liquid hydrocarbons to produce jet, diesel, and naptha fuels.

Management Team

Red Rock Biofuels has an experienced management team with a proven track record. RRB principals have developed, financed, constructed and/or operated 10 “first-gen” biofuels plants. These plants span five process technologies, with a total of over $650 million of construction cost and 390 million gallons of installed capacity. The RRB management team has a total of 50+ years of combined experience in the biofuels industry and an additional 40+ years in related industries.