The war-torn African nation of Sudan recently launched operations at its new $15 million ethanol plant.
Located 155 miles south of Khartoum, in Kenana, the plant will convert by-products from the country’s sugar industry into ethanol. Production is expected to reach 65 million liters during the first year of operation, increasing to 200 million liters in the next two years, according to Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir.
Built by Brazil’s Dedini Industrias de Base, the ethanol plant is a joint venture between the Sudanese Energy Ministry, the state-owned Kenana Company (a maker of sugar and
molasses) and the Giad Company.
The plant is intended to reduce Sudan’s dependence on crude oil and is the first of a planned 18 ethanol plants to be built over the next few years.
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