Rentech Energy Technology Center (RETC)

The Rentech Energy Technology Center (RETC) located in Commerce City, Colorado, is the home of Rentech's Technology Development Laboratories and Product Demonstration Unit (PDU).

RETC is a newly built, state-of-the-art site housing Rentech scientists, engineers, craftspeople, and operators who are dedicated to validating and enhancing the Rentech Process, helping Rentech to achieve its mission of delivering clean energy solutions.

Technology Development Laboratories

Our technology activities are centered at the PDU, where we have skilled technical, engineering and operating teams that work at our development and testing laboratories. The laboratory contains equipment and support facilities that provide us with resources for the continued development and testing of the Rentech Process as well as complementary technologies for additional applications and performance enhancements. In addition, the facilities allow us to conduct online analysis of feedstocks and products.

Our principal research and development efforts at our laboratories are focused on increasing the efficiency of our catalyst as well as the separation of catalyst from the wax. In addition, we continue to refine the Rentech Process with a goal of reducing operating and capital costs. Our research efforts are also focused on supporting our goal of achieving commercial use of the Rentech Process with as many types of carbon feedstocks as are available. The PDU is instrumental in these areas as well as providing samples of our products to potential customers for commercial product off-take agreements. We are also working on next generation technologies with significant possibilities to reduce cost and increase efficiency of the Rentech Process.

Product Demonstration Unit (PDU)

We believe Rentech's Product Demonstration Unit is the only operating fully-integrated synthetic transportation fuels facility in the United States. The facility is designed to produce over 400 gallons per day of ultra-clean synthetic jet fuel, aviation fuel, ultra-low sulfur diesel, and specialty waxes and chemicals and is scalable for greater output.