Expander Energy secures feedstock and land for Canada biofuel project

  • Gas
  • November 28, 2025

Alberta-based Expander Energy (Expander) has moved along its Mackenzie Biofuel Project in British Columbia after securing essential biomass feedstock and land as part of an agreement with East Fraser Fiber – a Canadian wood-product manufacturer.

The project is a proposed ‘bio-synfuel facility that uses technology developed in tandem by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Expander known as biomass electrolysis to liquids, or BETL.

BETL turns biogenic carbon into a synthetic fuel molecule using a hybrid of gasification and high-temperature electrolysis, eliminating the fossil component entirely.

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