TABLE: Strong bioethanol demand fuels expansions

21 March 2006 17:28  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--A stream of companies is planning bioethanol projects across the globe, as environmental regulations drive up demand growth forecasts for the biofuel.

 

The European Commission (EC) is promoting the addition of biofuels to motor fuels in a ratio of 5.75% in the European Union (EU) by 2010, while in the US the 2005 Energy Policy Act provides incentives for the ongoing development of bioethanol.

 

The opening of the UK’s first domestic E85 ethanol pump last week was hailed by traders as proof that the market was moving in the right direction. The opening of the pump, which will deliver a blend of 85% bioethanol and 15% petrol, coincided with the first deliveries of the Saab 9-5 BioPower flex-fuel car.

 

Below is a table of bioethanol projects reported recently by ICIS news. A more complete list of ethanol projects can be found in the projects section of Plants & Projects of ICIS.com.

 

Company	Location	Capacity (tonne/year)	Expected start-up
AB Bioenergy France	Lacq, France	180,000	H2-2007
Agri-Ethanol Products	Beaufort, US	276,000*	-
Agroetanol	Sweden	Between 80,000 and 160,000*	2008
Biopaliwa	Poland	110,000	2007
British Sugar	Wissington, UK	55,000	Q1-2007
Ebro Puleva	Castille-La Mancha, Spain	100,000	-
Ebro Puleva/Abengoa	Salamanca, Spain	200,000	Q2-2006
Futura Petroleum	Amsterdam	110,000	2007
Green Spirit Fuels	Henstridge, UK	104,000*	Q2-2007
Gyori Szeszgyar es Finomito	Hungary	Expansion: 4,000-12,800*	-
Royal Nedalco	The Netherlands	160,000*	-
Sniace	Poland	200,000	-
Sniace	Torrelavega, Spain	100,000	Late 2007
SWP Trading	Horni Sucha, Czech Republic	-	2007/2008

*These capacities have been converted to mass from volumes, as provided by the companies.

By: Anna Jagger
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