Commercial Production of Renewable Oils Begins in Brazil

The Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils plant in Brazil has now begun commercial production of renewable oil. This was announced in the end of May 2014 by Solazyme Inc. The project, a joint venture between Solazyme Inc. and Bunge Global Innovation LLC., will continue production of renewable oils and is expected to reach capacity in the next 12 to 18 months.

"With production underway at the Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils plant, Solazyme is manufacturing products at three large-scale facilities, including our 2,000 metric ton per year (MT/year) integrated facility in Peoria, Ill., the 20,000 MT/year Iowa facilities in Clinton/Galva and the 100,000 MT/year facility in Brazil," said Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme.

Ben Pearcy, managing director of sugar and bioenergy at Bunge Ltd stated, "The start of production at the Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils plant is an important milestone for this joint venture. We're proud of the work we have done with our partner Solazyme in bringing the world's first built-for-purpose renewable oil plant on line. We remain committed to the success of the joint venture and see significant market opportunities that we can address together."