INEOS Bio produces cellulosic ethanol from waste, at commercial scale

August 1, 2013 |

Reaction from INEOS

“We are delighted with the progress made by our team at Vero Beach”, said Peter Williams, CEO of INEOS Bio and Chairman of INEOS New Planet Bioenergy. “The bottom line is that we are happy to announce that we are making commercial quantities of ethanol at Vero Beach, from vegetative and wood waste, and at the same time exporting power to the local community. It’s a world first – the first time these feedstocks converted in that sort of way. We have established base camp, now we can move forward for plants beyond. We expect to spend the reminder of 2013 putting the plant through its paces, and demonstrating full nameplate capacity.”

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The next phase

The Center will serve as a reference plant for future INEOS Bio facilities and for companies and cities interested in licensing the technology for similar facilities. As the largest licensor of chemical process technology in the world, INEOS will leverage its extensive expertise to bring this technology forward as an exciting new alternative for sustainable waste disposal.

“The project pipeline is very interesting,” said Dr. Williams, “and in the next months, depending on confidentiality requirements, there could be further plant announcements, but looking at the time it takes to construct, it will be a a couple of years before the next wave of plants.”

Future plant capacity

“It depends on the location,” noted INEOS Bio COO Mark Niederschulte. “We use the lingo of 1X or 2X Vero. The average size is probably 2X Vero, although we have a couple of 3X Vero. That 1X, 2X style helps with bankability and financing. They can touch it and watch it work at VEro and say “for 16M gallons – I need four of those and two of those and a bigger one of those.

In today’s Digest, an in-depth look at the challenges of moving from mechanical completion to production with a new technology, or a new industrial plant in a non-industrial area; also, BIO’s Brent Erickson helps us put the news into RFS2 perspective — all by following the page links below.

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