Tunisia Signs Agreement for First Cane-Based Ethanol Project
March 9, 2016http://www.tap.info.tn/en/index.php/economy/33772-implementation-of-1st-project-of-extraction-and-export-of-bio-ethanol
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In Tunisia, an agreement to develop the country's first cane-based ethanol production program has been signed. The contract on the implementation of the project of cane cultivation to extract and export bioethanol was signed by the Ministry of Development and International Cooperation and the Manager of the Tunisian-Italian joint company (ICL-TUNISIA), promoter of the project, Lucia Galbati.
A total of 12,500 hectares of cane will be grown on saline land currently not suitable for agriculture and will be used for the program. Nearly 30 million cubic meters of waste water from sewage treatment plants of ONAS (National Sanitation Office) and oases drainage will also be used to irrigate the cane.
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