Spain’s Abengoa to Build Ethanol Plant in Uruguay
(Argus Media) Spain’s Abengoa is building a 70mn l/yr (1,200 b/d) ethanol plant in Uruguay under a $120mn contract with ALUR, which is 90pc owned by the country’s state-controlled energy company Ancap.
The plant, to be located in Paysandu department in western Uruguay, will use mostly sorghum, as well as maize, barley and wheat, as feedstock for biofuel production. These will be processed using dry milling and batch fermentation.
Plant construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013. READ MORE