In India, Praj Industries was awarded the Bio- Excellence award from the state government of Karnakata, for its Praj Matrix R&D center. The facility includes 14 laboratories including pilot plants for cellulosic and first-gen ethanol and biodiesel, as well as algal Sciences.
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Joelle Brink | Jun 29, 2009 | Reply
Praj continues to rack up new business and awards the old fashioned way, with passion and dedication to continual improvement, and with private investment, including a stake from Khosla Ventures. This year their super-efficient ethanol technology for Colombia, profiled in an earlier report, is changing a lot of minds about the sustainability of ethanol and biofuels in general.