Addax Bioenergy begins producing sugarcane ethanol

In Sierra Leone, Addax Bioenergy announced that its facility in Makeni, Sierra Leone, has started producing sugarcane bioethanol and renewable electricity. It will produce 85,000 m3 of bioethanol per year by end 2016.

The pioneering project involves the development of a Greenfield 10,000 hectare sugarcane plantation, the construction of a bioethanol refinery and a biomass-fuelled co-generation plant to produce green power and contribute about 20% of Sierra Leone’s national electricity requirements. It has been developed in partnership with eight Development Finance Institutions, and is the only bioethanol project to be brought to financial close in Africa. Addax Bioenergy is certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) and complies with the most stringent global sustainability standards, including the World Bank’s IFC Performance Standards, Africa Development Bank’s Environmental and Social Safeguards Policies and the EU Renewable Energy Directive.