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March 3, 2020

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(AmericaBio/Biofuels Digest) … Our company develops technologies for the deconstruction of forest and also agricultural biomass for sugars that are used for production of renewable fuels, typically ethanol, and higher value products such as Omega-3, SCP, xylo oligosaccharides (XOS), acetic acid, animal feed proteins.

We have a research base in Brazil working on enzymes and microorganism but our main operation is Portugal. We operate a pilot plant with the National Laboratory of Energy (LNEG), which is the body of the Portuguese State responsible for the implementation of the National Biorefinery Plan.

We can perform each unit operation on a scale of 1: 10-1: 20 in relation to the commercial scale. We have 200 liter steam explosion reactors (STEX), 100 liter capacity hydrothermal reactors, 600 liter capacity liquefaction / hydrolysis / fermentation reactors. We also have all the analysis equipment needed for each project including HPLCs, biomass characterization, primary and secondary currents, inhibitors and so on.

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We have pilot scale technology for anhydrous ethanol, acetic acid, animal feed protein, increased digestibility animal feed, rice bran ethanol, DDGS, rice bran protein, omega-3 from sugars. We are currently under contract completing the basic engineering for an ethanol biorefinery from forest residues with a capacity of 20 million liters of ethanol per year in Portugal.

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Our technology is based on STEX (steam explosion) technology using commercial enzymes and non-GMO microorganisms. The process is flexible allowing the use of more than one biomass simultaneously with the concept of production line so that the process parameters can be optimized for each one.

Our CAPEX, just considering equipment and assembly, is about 40% smaller than competitors and the technology has been optimized for capacities between 250 – 750 MT (40% moisture) per day using forest biomass and generating ethanol, and by-products that can be traded as commodities. The generation of more valuable products allows even smaller scales.

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Our technology has the ability to process wood, including bark, as well as straw and other biomass such as olive pomace. Our Biorefineries are competitive on small scales, 8-30 million liters of ethanol per year, with relatively low CAPEX and good performance allowing the use of the module concept, where the production unit can be close to the origin of biomass, reducing logistics costs. READ MORE

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