Avantium will open its Zambezi pilot biorefinery next month
Type of post: FLASH NEWS.
- Avantium has just announced that it will
officially open the pilot biorefinery for its Zambezi technology (plant-based
non-food feedstock to high purity industrial sugars and lignin) in Delfzijl (Netherlands)
next month (see press
release, 28/6/2018). Opening ceremonies will take place in Amsterdam on 10
July and in Delfzijl on 13 July.
- It is a very important milestone
and the company is already looking beyond the pilot phase with a consortium of
partners committed to developing a commercial-scale plant. Other potential
partners around the world have also expressed interest in licensing the technology
for local deployment.
- The province of Groningen is
supporting the pilot biorefinery with a RIG (‘Regionale Investeringssteun
Groningen’) subsidy of 1.8 M€.
Lear more about the process
and the partnership:
- “Zambezi
pilot biorefinery project takes the next step”, 19/7/2017.