and fertilizer company . for the hedge fund see renaissance technologies . rentech type public traded as nasdaq rtk nyse rnf industry wood fertilizers bioenergy founded 1981 founder charles benham mark bohn headquarters los angeles california united states key people kieth b. forman ceo president director products wood chips wood pellets nitrogen fertilizer subsidiaries fulghum fibres new england wood pellet rentech nitrogen partners 60 % rentech graanul 40 % website www.rentechinc.com rentech inc. stands for renewable energy technology 1 is a los angeles california based united states company that owns and operates wood fiber processing and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing businesses . it provides wood chipping and wood pellet services through a subsidiary fulghum fibres inc. and sells nitrogen fertilizer through rentech nitrogen partners l.p. in addition rentech owns the intellectual property for a number of energy technologies such as rentech silvagas gasification process and fischer tropsch process based rentech process . 1 contents 1 energy technologies 2 wood processing 3 nitrogen fertilizers 4 references 5 external links energy technologies edit rentech was initially formed in 1981 by charles benham and mark bohn to develop and commercialize synthetic fuel technologies . 2 3 in 1991 it incensed its rentech process to the fuel resources development company fuelco to produce diesel fuel from landfill gas at the synhytech facility in pueblo colorado . 4 rentech obtained ownership of the facility in 1993 . this project failed and was closed at the same year due to lower than expected gas volumes . 5 in 2000 rentech acquired a methanol plant at commerce city colorado which was converted to a gas to liquids plant . 6 7 in mid 2000s rentech planned building coal to liquids plants in wyoming illinois kentucky and mississippi . 3 in 2009 it unveiled plan for construction of a synthetic fuels plant in rialto california and together with asig it agreed with 13 airlines to provide synthetic diesel for ground services at los angeles international airport . 8 9 in 2010 it made a memorandum of understanding with 14 airlines pto provide alternative jet fuel and diesel fuel from its planned biofuels production complex project in natchez mississippi . 9 in 2011 rentech agreed with the government of ontario to build a plant in white river ontario . to convert 1.3 million tons of provincial forests into jet fuel and naphtha . 10 11 at the same year it purchased the 55 mw biomass integrated gasification combined cycle power plant project in port st. joe florida . 12 this project was halted 2012 . 13 in 2013 rentech changed its focus from biofuels to wood pellets production . 14 it closed its product demonstration unit in commerce city which was developing technology for conversion of cellulosic biomass into synthetic gas . 15 16 it also cancelled its biofuels production complex project in natchez . 14 16 wood processing edit in may 2013 rentech acquired georgia based fulghum fibres inc. 14 17 18 as part of the acquisition of fulghum fibres rentech entered into a joint venture with estonia based pellet manufacturer graanul invest to develop pellet plants in canada and the united states . 18 19 in 2013 it also acquired wood processing facilities in atikokan and wawa ontario which it is converting into of pellet factories . 14 18 these facilities are contracted to supply ontario power generation and drax power with pellets for power generation . 18 19 in may 2014 rentech acquired new england wood pellets considered to be the largest producer of wood pellets for the u.s. heating market . established in 1992 new england wood pellet operates three wood pellet facilities located in the u.s. northeast which is the largest domestic market for consumption of wood pellets for heating . 20 nitrogen fertilizers edit rentech entered into the nitrogen fertilizer business in 2006 when it acquired from agrium an ammonia nitrogen fertilizer facility located in east dubuque illinois . 2 in 2011 rentech consolidated its nitrogen fertilizer business into subsidiary company rentech nitrogen partners . at the same year rentech nitrogen was listed at the new york stock exchange . 21 in 2012 rentech acquired agrifos llc which owns a synthetic granulated ammonium sulfate fertilizer plant in pasadena texas . 22 references edit a b wertz jean luc ; b du olivier 2013 . lignocellulosic biorefineries . crc press . pp. 457 459 . isbn 9781466573062 . a b damas chris 2011 11 03 . rentech nitrogen partners a new fertilizer mlp . seeking alpha . retrieved 2014 02 02 . a b capehart barney l 2007 . encyclopedia of energy engineering and technology . 2 3 . crc press . pp. 166 167 . isbn 9780849336539 . wald matthew l. 1991 08 21 . from a pollutant a cleaner fuel . the new york times . retrieved 2014 02 01 . cantner uwe ; malerba franco 2007 . innovation industrial dynamics and structural transformation schumpeterian legacies . springer . p. 249 . isbn 9783540494652 . rentech to acquire colorado methanol plant . oil & gas journal . 98 3 . 2000 01 17 . subscription required . retrieved 2014 02 02 . underdog rentech furthers gas to liquids plans . oil & gas journal . 98 41 . 2000 09 10 . subscription required . retrieved 2014 02 02 . austin anna 2009 05 13 . rentech to build renewable diesel green power plant . biomass magazine . retrieved 2014 02 02 . a b guidelines for integrating alternative jet fuel into the airport setting . acrp report . 60 . transportation research board . 2012 . p. 112 . isbn 9780309213806 . issn 1935 9802 . martin christopher 2011 05 06 . rentech surges on ontario provincial plan to convert trees into jet fuel . bloomberg . retrieved 2014 02 01 . rentech plans to build 500m biomass plant in ontario . therecord . the canadian press . 2011 05 06 . retrieved 2014 02 01 . rentech obtains final air permit for world s first biomass integrated gasification combined cycle project . pennenergy . 2011 07 19 . retrieved 2014 02 01 . geiver luke 2012 01 10 . rentech halts development on fla. biomass power plant . biomass magazine . retrieved 2014 02 01 . a b c d simet anna 2013 11 14 . rentech provides update on ontario pellet projects . biomass magazine . retrieved 2014 02 01 . rentech to close product demonstration unit . biomass magazine . 2013 03 01 . retrieved 2014 02 01 . a b doom justin 2013 08 20 . rentech sells mississippi land after ceasing cellulosic research . bloomberg . retrieved 2014 02 01 . white ronald d. 2013 10 13 . rentech shifts from green energy to a more fertile field . los angeles times . retrieved 2014 02 01 . a b c d mckinnon m. 2013 08 01 . rentech to install pellet equipment in september ; aims for april production . atikokan progress . retrieved 2014 02 03 . a b ross ian 2013 06 10 . rentech drops woody jet fuel for wood pellets . northern ontario business . retrieved 2014 02 03 . crowe deborah 2014 05 01 . rentech acquires wood pellet producer . los angeles business journal . retrieved 2014 05 05 . soreng eileen anupa 2011 11 04 . rentech nitrogen has a quiet market debut . reuters . retrieved 2014 02 01 . saito chung . david 2012 11 02 . rentech buys agrifos adds sulfate product to mix . investor s business daily . retrieved 2014 02 02 . external links edit official website rentech nitrogen partners l.p. company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rentech & oldid 743513718 categories manufacturing companies based in los angelescompanies listed on nasdaqcompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies formerly listed on the american stock exchangeforest products companies of the united stateschemical companies of the united statesfertilizer companiesbiofuel producershidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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