Virgo Corp and Punjab Government sign agreement to set up a pyrolysis plant to produce biojet from rice husk
Type of post: FLASH NEWS.
There is a continuous trickle of news and announcements
coming from India in the last weeks. According to local media, the Punjab
Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Virgo Corp on 11th
February for a biofuel project aimed at restraining the burning of cereal
stubble and boosting the renewable energy sector.
News: “Punjab
govt inks MoU with Virgo Corp for bio-fuel project to check stubble burning”, United Nesws of India, 11/2/2019.
Those are the preliminary data available:
Cost
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Rs 630
crore (approximately, 78 M€).
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Feedstock
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Rice husk.
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Product
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Biojet
fuel.
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Technology
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Rapid
Thermal Processing (RTP) of Honeywell (pyrolysis process).
Virgo Corp
and Honeywell signed a previous MoU in December 2018 regarding to this technology.
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Employment
effect
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150
direct and 500 indirect jobs.
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