SWEETWOODS flagship plant ready to be commissioned

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SWEETWOODS flagship plant construction works have been finished and key equipment installation is nearly completed.
Press release: “SWEEETWOODS project is progressing as planned”, 22/5/2020.
Related post: “Graanul Biotech lays the cornerstone for the building of the SWEETWOODS flagship plant”, 25/10/2019.

Figure 1. SWEETWOODS flagship plant in Imavere, Estonia (taken from the press release)

The plant is a first-of-a-kind demo facility using sustainable hardwood biomass as raw input material to produce sugars and lignin. Construction works started in July and the cornerstone-laying ceremony took place in October. Delivery of certain equipment and instruments have been delayed due to COVID-19 outbreak. Nevertheless, all preparations are in place to start with commissioning as soon as pandemic related restrictions allow.

SWEETWOODS consortium had a productive review meeting in Brussels at the beginning of March where external experts took a closer look at our progress and confirmed that SWEETWOODS project is on track. With the first 18 months a lot of progress with novel lignin and cellulosic sugars applications has been made.

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