Eta Bio plans to build a cellulosic ethanol plant in Bulgaria with Clariant’s sunliquid technology
Type of post: NEWS.
Clariant and
Eta Bio have announced that a license agreement for the sunliquid® technology
has been signed. Eta Bio intends to build a full-scale
commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues at a
site in Northeast Bulgaria.
Press release: “Clariant and Eta Bio announce license agreement on Sunliquid cellulosic
ethanol technology in Bulgaria”, 27/7/2020.
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The project is comprised of a license of a
sunliquid® basic engineering package, the provision of technical services, as
well as the supply of starter cultures from Clariant’s proprietary enzyme and
yeast platform to process Eta Bio’s feedstock into cellulosic ethanol. The
agreement marks the fourth signed license deal for Clariant’s sunliquid®
technology (previous agreements: Enviral in Slovakia, ORLEN Południe in Poland, Anhui Guozhen and Chemtex in China).
Figure 1. Eta Bio plans to build a cellulosic
ethanol plant in Bulgaria with Clariant’s sunliquid technology
Location
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Greenfield
site in General Toshevo (the Northeastern region of Bulgaria). It will utilise
available land, owned by the Pavlovi family, and existing infrastructure.
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Feedstock
and processing capacity
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250,000
tons of wheat straw (abundant resource in the region).
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Products
and production capacity
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50,000
tons of cellulosic ethanol.
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Eta Bio Ltd. has been recently established by the
Pavlovi family, that manages one of the largest agricultural businesses in
Bulgaria, in order to extend their business into renewable energy. This project
will provide it the chance to have an additional revenue stream from
agricultural leftovers. By using locally sourced feedstock, greenhouse gas
savings can be maximized and additional business opportunities along the entire
value chain will arise. For Bulgaria, this constitutes an essential investment
in green, sustainable technologies. The produced cellulosic ethanol will be
used as a gasoline additive to fulfil the country’s blending mandate for
advanced biofuels, as laid out in the RED II.
