Ethanol Project Planned in Slovak Republic
October 15, 2014http://ethanolproducer.com/articles/11514/cellulosic-ethanol-project-planned-in-slovak-republic
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Biochemtex and Beta Renewables announced they have signed an agreement with Energochemica SE for the construction of a second-generation ethanol plant and the annexed energy block for generation of power and steam.
The plant will be built in Strazske, Slovak Republic and will deliver 55,000 metric tons per year of ethanol using non-food biomass as feedstock. The plant is expected to open in early 2017 and will apply Beta Renewable's Proesa technology while Biochemtex will provide basic engineering. The plant will use enzymes from Novozymes and yeast from Leaf Technologies. Novozymes and Leaf Technologies are long-term partners of Beta Renewables.
The energy block will generate all power and steam necessary to the plant and will sell the additional energy to the grid by using the by-product of the Proesa technology, lignin.
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