Thai Firm to Produce Cassava-based Ethanol
January 18, 2017http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/11644/sapporo_licenses_thai_firm_to_produce_cassavabased_ethanol/
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Japanese brewer Sapporo Holding has recently licensed the Thailand-based fuel retailer, PTG Energy, to produce cassava-based bioethanol. This will mark the world's first attempt at commercial production of ethanol from the pulp of the cassava.
Sapporo's fermentation technology turns cassava pulp, discarded processing product, into a valuable raw material for ethanol production. The company will use this technology at a new plant in Sa Kaeo province in eastern Thailand. The plant will be able to produce 200,000 liters per day. PTG plans to double the capacity by 2021-22 through a second plant at the same location.
According to PTG president and CEO, Pitak Ratchakitprakarn, the project will combine strengths of its partners: Eiamburapa providing cassava pulp; Sapporo offering technology for fermenting pulp to produce bioethanol; and PTG distributing the product.
According to its alternative energy development plan, Thailand aims to increase ethanol consumption to 11.3 million liters per day by 2036.
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