Alkol Biotech LOI could lead to Europe’s largest biorefinery

In the United Kingdom, Alkol Biotech signed a Letter of Intent with an EU-funded consortium called Bioforever to source up to 500,000 tons of biomass, which if it moves heads, it would lead to the construction of Europe’s largest biorefinery. Alkol’s crop strains grow in colder and drier climates with high pest and disease resistance with greater yields, making its first crop called “EUnergyCane” the “only native European variety that thrives in cold climates, according to Biobased World News.

The LOI was signed with one of the consortium members, Bio Refinery Development BV, and states that Alkol Biotech will provide the half a million tons of non-woody biomass each year from Spain and Portugal for now, and possible the United Kingdom later on, to an unannounced biorefinery site. Alkol Biotech CEO, Al Costa told Biobased World News, “Not only we have now a reliable and competitive source of biomass, but a quality one, which at the end will mean less costs in enzymes and pre- and post-processing, and thus cost-effective renewable chemical building blocks.”