Vietnam Builds Sugar-Ethanol and Cassava-Ethanol Production Plants
September 28, 2007http://biopact.com//08/vietnam-to-build-two-cassava-and.html
| |
Vietnam is set to advance its bioenergy program through the construction of two large ethanol production plants, each with different biofuel feedstocks. The first plant (to be constructed by Itochu Corporation , Japan) will utilize cassava chips and will have an estimated annual production capacity of 100 million liters. The second plant (to be constructed in partnership between Vietnam’s Bien Hoa Sugar Company and Singapore’s Fair Energy Asia Ltd) will have an annual ethanol production capacity of 50,000 tons.
According to the Biopact website, Vietnam has a large cassava production potential and can benefit from its utilization as a bioenergy feedstock. Cassava is reported to thrive in marginal soils, and requires low agricultural inputs. Studies have also found that cassava is an “efficient biofuel plant” due to its “strong energy balance”.
Related Information on Cassava Energy Balance Study: http://biopact.com//04/first-full-energy-balance-study-reveals.html
| |
Biotech Updates is a weekly newsletter of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization. It is distributed for free to over 22,000 subscribers worldwide to inform them about the key developments in biosciences, especially in biotechnology. Your support will help us in our mission to feed the world with knowledge. You can help by donating as little as $10.
-
See more articles:
-
News from Around the World
- Plants May Tell Us Why People Respond Differently to Drugs
- Biofuels May Contribute to Global Warming, Says Study
- Plants Send Messages Over Their Own Network
- Soybean Production Now in Vogue in Borno Nigeria
- Risk and Benefits of Adopting Bt Cotton in WA
- Brazil's CTNBio Approves Syngenta's Bt Maize
- Positive EU Safety Decision for LibertyLink® Soybeans
- New USDA Quality Compliance of GE Products Launched
- Pioneer Releases New Soybean Varieties in Illinois for 2008
- DuPont Partners with Iowa State to Enhance Biofuel Production
- Fortifying Wheat with Biodiesel Co-products
- Brazil: R$8.8 Million for Research Proposals in Science and Technology
- IICA Presents Report on Biofuels to Inter-American Ethanol Commission
- Monsanto to Use Evogene Genes
- Evogene and Ormat Announce Biodiesel Collaboration
- RP Biotech Expert Assures Consumers that GMOs are Safe
- PhilRice Develops New Flood Tolerant Rice
- Vitamin C for Plant Growth
-
Research Highlights
- Hepatitis B Vaccine from Transgenic Rice
- High Yielding and Stress Tolerant Rice by Insertion Mutagenesis
- Wheat DNA Fragment Reduces Pollen Transmission in GM Maize
- Monitoring Pleiotropic Effects of GM Wheat: Flavonoid Profiling
-
Announcements
- Bt Cotton Training Course in India
- OFAB Website Launched
-
Read the latest: - Biotech Updates (May 7, 2025)
- Gene Editing Supplement (April 30, 2025)
- Gene Drive Supplement (February 22, 2023)
-
Subscribe to BU: - Share
- Tweet