TABLE: Strong bioethanol demand fuels expansions
17 November 2006 17:13 [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
British biofuels company Ensus said on Friday it plans to build a 400m litres/year (320,000 tonnes/year) bioethanol plant at the
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 | | 180,000 | H2-2007 |
| Agrana | | Expansion: 60,000 – 160,000 | - |
| Agri-Ethanol Products | | 276,000* | - |
| Agroetanol | | Between 80,000 and 160,000* | 2008 |
| Biopaliwa | | 110,000 | 2007 |
| Bio-Tech-Energy | | 500,000 | Start-2008 |
| BKZ Zrt | | 4 x 120,000 | Mid-2008 |
| British Sugar | | 55,000 | Q1-2007 |
| Cosbio/Abengoa | | 200,000 | End 2006 |
| Cukrovary TTD Dobrovice | | 400,000 | End-2006 |
| Dosbio | Miranda | 100,000 | H1 2009 |
| | Castille-La Mancha, | 100,000 | - |
| | | 200,000 | Q2-2006 |
| Ensus | | 320,000 | Q4 2008 |
| Futura Petroleum | | 110,000 | 2007 |
| Green Spirit Fuels | | 104,000* | Q2-2007 |
| Green Spirit Fuels | | 200,000 | By 2009 |
| Gyori Szeszgyar es Finomito | | Expansion: 4,000-12,800* | - |
| Hungarian consortium | | 525,000 | 2009 |
| Moravsky Lihovar Kojetin | | 75,000 | 2009 |
| Royal Nedalco | The | 160,000* | - |
| Sniace | | 200,000 | - |
| Sniace | | 100,000 | Late 2007 |
| Sudzucker | | 237,000 | Q3 2008 |
| Sudzucker | | Expansion: 260,000 – 360,000 | - |
| SWP Trading | | - | 2007/2008 |
| United Biofuels | | 100,000 (hectolitres) | End 2007 |
*These capacities have been converted to mass from volumes, as provided by the companies.
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