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Dynamotive Energy Systems

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Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation is a Canadian based Renewable Energy Company which specializes in fast pyrolysis, a process which creates a product named bio-oil. Its only other residue is char.2 It was founded in 1991.1 It is headquartered in Richmond.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1

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Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation is a Canadian based Renewable Energy Company which specializes in fast pyrolysis, a process which creates a product named bio-oil. Its only other residue is char.2

The story

Dynamotive was incorporated on April 11, 1991 under the laws of the Province of British Columbia. The Company changed its name from Dynamotive Technologies Corporation on June 26, 2001.

2000

BioOil patent acquired from Resource Transforms Ltd. (RTI).

Dynamotive designs and builds 10 tonnes per day (tpd) commercial demonstration plant, (picture of pilot plant)

Dynamotive completes gas turbine tests

2001

Commission of 10 tpd commercial demonstration plant, upgraded to 15 tpd,

TECNA validation of technology

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2002

Design and development of a 100 tpd plant

2003

Construction started for 100 tpd plant at Erie Flooring and Wood Products,

West Lorne, Ontario in partnership with UMA Engineering, Ontario Power Generation,

and Magellan Aerospace (Picture of West Lorne Plant)

2005

Completion of the first commercial plant (West Lorne, Ontario) and launch of

full commercialization of Dynamotive’s technology

First commercial shipments of BioOil

2006

Ground breaking for 200 tpd BioOil plant in Guelph, Ontario

Entry into strategic partnership with Consensus Business Group

Fabrication and procurement of two 200 tpd plants to be located in Canada

R&D offices & laboratory opened on University of Waterloo campus, Ontario, Canada

Continued international expansion through Australian master license

2007

Dynamotive launches higher energy content renewable fuel - BioOil Plus

Dynamotive opens offices in United States and Argentina

2008

The British Columbia Securities Commission issues a cease trade order due to Dynamotive's failure to publish financial statements.

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Products and brands

Mobile Fuels

In July 2005 Dynamotive signed an agreement to initiate research on the gasification of BioOil at the University of Western Ontario, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. The research project involves the development of a process for gasification of BioOil by catalytic steam reforming to produce syngas and/or hydrogen. Syngas can be further converted into synthetic diesel, a renewable, greenhouse gas neutral fuel that can replace hydrocarbon diesel. With the escalating cost of fossil fuels and the dependence on crude oil as the primary source of energy for automobiles, it has become increasingly important to develop synthetic fuels.

In April 2009 Dynamotive successfully produced renewable gasoline and diesel from biomass at its research facility in Waterloo, Ontario through a novel two-stage upgrading process of its pyrolysis oil, BioOil. The BINGO (Biomass INto GasOil) process involves pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce a primary liquid fuel, BioOil, which is then hydroreformed to a Stage 1 gas-oil equivalent liquid fuel that can either be directly utilized in blends with hydrocarbon fuels for industrial stationary power and heating applications or be further upgraded to transportation grade liquid hydrocarbon fuels (gasoline/diesel) in a Stage 2 hydrotreating process.

CQuest

The major by-product from lingo-cellulosic biomass pyrolysis is Biochar which has emerging value for soil productivity enhancement and carbon sequestration. Dynamotive markets its Biochar under the trade name CQuestTM.

On May 12, 2009 Dynamotive released the results of a year-long test applying Dynamotive’s CQuest Biochar in commercial farming test plots. The tests revealed an overall increase in crop yield from 6 percent to 17 percent in plots where biochar was applied versus the control plots.

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BioOil

BioOil is an industrial fuel produced from cellulose waste material. When combusted it produces substantially less smog-precursor nitrogen oxide ('NOx') emissions than conventional oil as well as little or no sulfur oxide gases ('SOx'), which are a prime cause of acid rain. BioOil and BioOil Plus are price-competitive replacements for heating oils #2 and #6 that are widely used in industrial boilers and furnace. They have been EcoLogo certified, having met stringent environmental criteria for industrial fuels as measured by Environment Canada's Environmental Choice Program. BioOil can be produced from a variety of residue cellulosic biomass resources and is not dependent on food-crop production.

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Timeline

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