Clariant and Enviral Inc, the largest producer of bioethanol in Slovakia, have signed a license agreement on sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology.
Enviral has acquired a license to use Clariant's sunliquid technology as part of its goal to realize a full-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant for the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues.
This new plant will be owned and operated by Enviral and is planned to be integrated into the existing facilities at Enviral's Leopoldov site in Slovakia with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes. It will use Clariant's sunliquid technology as well as starter cultures from its proprietary enzyme and yeast platforms to process Enviral feedstock into cellulosic ethanol.
Clariant and Enviral conducted extensive tests of Enviral's feedstock with Clariant's technology to ensure effective and efficient compatibility. These tests, conducted at Clariant's pre-commercial sunliquid demonstration plant in Straubing (Germany), provided excellent results and formed the basis for the project decision. Next steps are detailed engineering studies before the official groundbreaking which is expected at the end of 2017.
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