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New agreement will increase waste plastic recycling by 30,000 tonnes annually

New agreement will increase waste plastic recycling by 30,000 tonnes annually


The plastic recycling company Quantafuel and resource management company Geminor have entered into a cooperation for the supply and treatment of up to 30,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually. The sourced plastic waste will be recycled at Quantafuel’s mechanical and chemical recycling plant in Kristiansund, Norway.
The cooperation for the supply of plastic waste for recycling at Quantafuel’s

Quantafuel announces Proof of Concept for its Skive chemical recycling plant

Quantafuel announces Proof of Concept for its Skive chemical recycling plant

Today, Quantafuel announces Proof of Concept (PoC) for its Skive chemical recycling plant after more than seven days of continuous operation at a level corresponding to an annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes of plastic waste infeed. “This represents a major milestone for chemical recycling, Quantafuel and our future growth,” says Quantafuel’s CEO Lars Rosenløv.
“Reaching this milestone is an imp

Update on Quantafuel’s Skive plant

Update on Quantafuel’s Skive plant

Quantafuel has completed the repair work for the first two lines, and the plant is gradually returning into production. Both lines have been tested in production and have converted plastics at high load after the repair work.
“With both burner chambers now repaired and installed, we continue our aim for higher uptime and capacity,” says Quantafuel’s CEO Lars Rosenløv.

Quantafuel fourth quarter results: Building the foundations for 2022 operations

Today, Quantafuel released its fourth quarter report. The past few months have been characterised by the developments at the Skive plant; from the successful turnaround at the end of the year, followed by stable production in January, and the unplanned shutdown in February. Today, we can announce that we expect to have both lines back in production by mid-March.
Following the temporary shut

Update on Quantafuel’s Skive plant

Update on Quantafuel’s Skive plant

With reference to the notice on 6th of February regarding the temporary shutdown of Skive production, our inspection has revealed damage on the steel cone connecting the burner chamber with the flue gas heating box of the reactor. We have now initiated repair work and target to be back in production within mid-March.
In close cooperation with third party experts, Quantafuel has now concluded o

Company presentation and update

Company presentation and update

Today, Quantafuel’s CEO Lars Rosenløv will present at Pareto Securities’ Power & Renewable Energy Conference. The presentation is attached and will also include an update from Skive.
For the past two weeks in January, Skive has processed more than 200 MT of plastic waste, operating two lines. During this time, the two lines achieved uptime of 69% at an average load of 79%. Six shipments ha

Key step forward for Quantafuel’s Esbjerg development

Key step forward for Quantafuel’s Esbjerg development

Quantafuel is progressing as planned with its Esbjerg development in Denmark and is happy to announce that an agreement has been signed with Eggersmann, a leading supplier of waste treatment plants. The contract includes engineering and secures Quantafuel a firm manufacturing slot, which secures our schedule.
The Esbjerg sorting facility will be operational the second half of 2023 and will be t

Skive continues its progress towards Proof-of-Concept

Skive continues its progress towards Proof-of-Concept

Quantafuel can today report that two out of the four lines at its Skive plant have produced at a load and performance level qualifying for Proof-of-Concept. Both lines have operated stably at design capacity before the runs were cut short by mechanical failures in the feeding systems.
Our experience from the past few weeks shows that the last remaining identified process challenges have been re

Quantafuel ASA takes full ownership of UK project developments

Quantafuel strengthens its position in the UK by acquiring the remaining 50% of the shares in Quantafuel UK, as well as the project companies in Sunderland and Cheshire
Quantafuel ASA has reached an agreement with strategic partner Midas Group AS to acquire the remaining 50% of the shares in Quantafuel UK Ltd, Quantafuel Sunderland Limited and Quantafuel Cheshire Limited. Following the agreemen

Quantafuel Skive completed commissioning and started production

Quantafuel Skive completed commissioning and started production

After a successful upgrade and commissioning, the first line of Quantafuel’s Skive plant is back in production. We have been feeding plastics into the production line at high load and our target for Proof-of-Concept (PoC) around year end is maintained.
Quantafuel’s Skive plant is progressing according to plan, as communicated in the third quarter report, and in our update on 8th December 2021.

Students at Quantafuel & NTNU's Innovation Hub

Quantafuel is awarded NOK 13.7 million from The Norwegian Research Council

Today, Quantafuel is happy to announce that we have been awarded funding from The Norwegian Research Council (Forskningsrådet) to further develop chemical recycling of plastic waste into low-carbon synthetic oil products replacing fossile oil feedstock.

The funds will be applied in Quantafuel’s Innovation Hub at NTNU named “Chemical Conversion of Waste”. This partnership was formally laun

Left to right: Ahmad Bin Fahad, CEO of Dubal Holding, His Excellency Saif Humaid Al Falasi, Group CEO, ENOC and Chris Lach, CCO of Quantafuel

Quantafuel signs MoU with ENOC and Dubal Holding LLC (DH) for Plastic-to-Liquid plants

Quantafuel, ENOC Group and Dubal Holding LLC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study the potential of establishing and operating Plastic-to-Liquid production plants turning plastic waste into valuable products and a step towards a circular economy.

His Excellency Saif Humaid Al Falasi, Group CEO, ENOC said “This agreement strongly supports the UAE’s strategic initiative to

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