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PKM DUDA Entering the Biofuels Business with First Ethanol Plant
28 December 2006
PKM DUDA, a group of capital-linked businesses from the agricultural and food sector in Poland with a primary focus on red meat production, is diversifying into the biogas and biofuels business.
DUDA is partnering with Lurgi on the construction of a 100,000 tonne per year (33 million gallons US) bioethanol plant in southwest Poland. The two companies have established an investment company to realize the project. Construction is to begin in January 2007.
The plant will use about 330,000 tonnes of corn per year as the feedstock, and will produce 101,000 tonnes of distiller’s dried grain with solubles (DDGS) as a feed byproduct.
The EU has directed a minimum bio-component share in gasoline and diesel of 5.75% by 2010. For Poland, that works out to demand of ethanol of about 1.2 million tonnes (400 million gallons US).
DUDA opted for corn ethanol over biodiesel for several reasons, among them that corn yields more than the other feedstocks the agricultural company was examining (rye, wheat, sugar beet and potato); the supply of corn is greater than the supply of rapeseed for biodiesel feedstock; and that it has a close relationship with pig breeders from who it can purchase the corn and to whom it can sell the DDGS.
DUDA plans to pursue construction of biogas installations next to its meat processing plants and pig farms, and to build biofuel plants connected to those biogas facilities.
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There are so many ways to get more out of energy sources, that 100 years from now they may wonder why we were so wasteful.
Posted by: SJC | Dec 28, 2006 9:20:29 AM
The term 'bioethanol' confuses me. Isn't all ethanol 'bio'? Are we just trying to make old-fashioned alcohol cool by sticking a trendy prefix on it?
Posted by: Matthew | Dec 28, 2006 9:44:38 AM
Matthew:
Industrial ethanol is produced by ethylene hydration from petrochemical stock. It was and still is cheaper than fermented ethanol.
Posted by: Andrey | Dec 28, 2006 11:11:21 AM
Well, how about that! I learned my new thing for the day with hours to spare. :)
Posted by: Matthew | Dec 28, 2006 11:48:30 AM
Further reading on Biofuels can be found here, for those that are inclined.
Posted by: Craig Mackintosh | Dec 29, 2006 11:08:26 AM
