In India, ‘Enfinity’, Praj’s proprietary and award-winning technology, will be deployed to produce ethanol and other co-products using sugarcane bagasse in what would be USA’s first bagasse-based bio-refinery. The bio-refinery is being jointly promoted by Florida based Omega Energy USA, a developer of renewable energy projects, while Louisiana based Lasuca Sugar, a producer of cane […]
In India, local press reports that Praj Industries has teamed with Dedini to commercialize Praj’s various ethanol technologies in Brazil including its 2G and 1.5G ethanol technologies, zero liquid discharge plants and extensive knowledge in corn feedstock. Corn-based ethanol production is growing in popularity in Brazil, so far mostly dominated by US technology. Dedini is […]
In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. announced that it has signed a binding, definitive Construction License Agreement with Praj Industries Ltd., dated April 4, 2019, to commercialize the production of renewable isobutanol using sugary-based feedstocks, such as juice, syrup and molasses made of sugarcane and sugar beets (the “Construction License Agreement”). Pursuant to the Construction License Agreement, […]
In India, two coastal communities in Maharashtra have been short-listed as potential sites for a government program that will trial the use of cashew apple and press cake as feedstock for biofuel production. Praj as well as a local university and other partners are teaming on the project that could help reduce the 2.2 million […]
In India, Praj expects the new national policy to promote second-generation ethanol production and consumption to go a long way towards achieving higher ethanol blending goals. The company has invested extensively over the last several years in developing the technology in order to get it ready for commercial roll out. It expects to start seeing […]
In India, Praj Industries is a step closer to setting up two second generation ethanol plants in two European Union countries that were not disclosed yet. The announcement that Praj is in the advanced stages of discussions to build those plants came at the EU-India Conference on Advanced Biofuels on Friday. A delegation from Europe […]
Praj is an India-based process solutions specialist with continued leadership in ethanol & brewery space over many years — aiming to emerge as a significant water company within 5 years. The company is expanding its new technology pipeline, with 16 patents granted, and 79 patents at various stages of approval. The company’s most recent investor […]
In Canada, at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology taking place in Montreal, Canada, Praj Industries Ltd and Gevo, Inc. unveiled a new commercial opportunity in renewable bioproducts, jointly announcing that Gevo’s proprietary isobutanol technology will now be available for licensing to processors of sugar cane juice and molasses. This follows on the back […]
In India, Praj commissioned its second-generation ethanol “smart biorefinery” pilot plant in Gujarat using crop waste as feedstock. In addition to ethanol, the company plans to produce green chemicals and intermediates. Using farm waste will help to reduce the extensive burning farmers practice every year while helping the country to achieve its energy independence goals […]
In India, Praj Industries’ financial results for Q3 were steady on the year with income at $34.8 million, with a backlog of project orders as of the December 31 of $162 million, with about 40% international orders and the remainder domestic. The two cellulosic ethanol plants announced last year with Indian Oil Corp in Haryana […]
