SWEETWOODS flagship plant ready to be commissioned
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
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.