Innovation

Innovation

Biomass demo plant in BCL

Biomass Demo Plant in BCL
Capacity : 1.3 Mgal/year
Raw material : wheat and barley straw
Technology : enzymatic hydrolysis (glucose)
Objective : demonstrate biomass-to-ethanol process technology at commercial scale
Start-up operations : 2008

The biomass plant at BCyL is the first demonstration plant at commercial scale in the world, producing ethanol from biomass (agricultural waste, wood waste, and potential energy crops like switchgrass and poplar) through enzymatic hydrolysis technology designed by Abengoa.

Abengoa is testing 3 different raw materials and enzymes achieving the target of 48 gal/DUSST.

Abengoa produces and tests its own enzymes.



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