Beta Renewables wins ACHEMA Innovation Award for biofuels technology

In Italy, Beta Renewables announced that it won the ACHEMA 2012 Innovation Award in the category of Biotechnology for its PROESA technology. Over 100 companies applied for awards in ten categories. Winners were picked according to innovation, usability, quality, efficiency and economy. PROESA is the technology that will be used at the world’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Crescentino, Italy, expected to start operations by the end of 2012, and in a series of plants to be built by GraalBio in Brazil.

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