Dunaföldvár Biorefinery

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Nombre / Name
Dunaföldvár Biorefinery
Empresa / Company
Pannonia Ethanol
Localización / Location
Dunaföldvár (Hungría / Hungary)
Categoría / Category
Comercial / Commercial
Estado / Status
Operación / Running
Plataformas / Platforms
Almidón, Azúcares C5/C6 / Starch, C5/C6 sugars
Materia prima / Raw material
Maíz / Corn
Productos / Products
Bioetanol, piensos y aceite de maíz / Bioethanol, animal feed (DDGS) and corn oil
Puesta en marcha / Start-up
Abril 2012 / April 2012


Pannonia Ethanol, una filial de Ethanol Europe Renewables (Ethanol Europe), posee una planta de etanol a partir de maíz en la ciudad de Dunaföldvár (centro de Hungría). La instalación está ubicada al lado del río Danubio, 80 kilómetros al sur de Budapest. Casi todo el maíz procesado por Pannonia Ethanol procede de granjas familiares húngaras. El modelo de negocios de la empresa asegura que la producción de etanol renovable se integra con las comunidades locales agrícolas. Juega un papel importante para el desarrollo de la agricultura y la creación sostenible de nuevos trabajos. Pannonia Ethanol supone cerca de 500 millones de euros del total del PIB de Hungría y sostiene 2.000 empleos (directos e indirectos), la mayor parte de ellos en áreas rurales.
Pannonia Ethanol, a subsidiary of Ethanol Europe Renewables (Ethanol Europe) owns a corn to ethanol plant in Dunaföldvár town (central Hungary). The plant site is located on the banks of the Danube river, about 50 miles south of Budapest. Almost all of the corn processed by Pannonia Ethanol comes from Hungarian family farms. The company’s business model ensures that renewable ethanol production is integrated with local agricultural communities. It plays an important part in realizing Hungary’s potential in agriculture and in creating and sustaining new jobs. Pannonia Ethanol adds nearly M€ 500 to Hungary’s GDP and supports 2,000 jobs (direct and indirect), mostly in rural areas.

Figura 1. Diagrama simplificado del proceso de producción en la biorrefinería de Dunaföldvár (extraída de la página web de Pannonia Ethanol)
Figure 1. Simplified proccess diagram of the Dunaföldvár biorefinery (extracted from Pannonia Ethanol web page)

Los trabajos de construcción de la biorrefinería comenzaron en Agosto de 2010. Terminada en marzo de 2012, se convirtió en la primera planta de etanol de categoría mundial de Hungría. En 2015, una expansión amplió la capacidad de producción de bioetanol desde los 280 millones de litros hasta los 450 millones. La capacidad de producción de piensos se elevó de 200.000 toneladas al año hasta 325.000. La instalación también produce 10.000 toneladas de aceite de maíz y utiliza más de 1 millón de toneladas de maíz de manera anual. En noviembre de 2016, se anunciaba una nueva inversión dedicada a nuevos proyectos, reducción de costes, puestos de trabajo adicionales e incrementos en la compra de maíz y en la capacidad productiva de piensos.
Construction work at the site began in August 2010. Completed in March 2012, it became in the first world-class ethanol facility in Hungary. In 2015, an expansion lifted the production capacity of bioethanol from 280 million litres per year to 450 million. The feed production capacity was raised from 200,000 tons per year to 325,000. The facility also produces 10,000 tons of corn oil and utilizes more than 1,000,000 tons of corn annually. In November 2016, the company announced an investment devoted to new projects, cost reduction, additional jobs and increases in both corn buying and animal feed output.
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REFERENCIAS / REFERENCES:
1 www.pannoniaethanol.com.

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