Jul 30 2010
Isolux Corsan has entered into a turnkey contract with Bioenergy, a Colombian company, a local oil company, towards the construction of an ethanol plant. Domestic oil firm Ecopetrol SA holds 85% stake in Bioenergy. The turnkey contract is towards an industrial complex construction that includes a plant for producing bioethanol from sugarcane.
The cane processing capacity of a plant in this complex stands at 2,100,000 tons per year. The complex also has a co-generation plant with 40 MW capacity that makes use of sugar cane waste or bagasse and other additional facilities for the purpose of milling, distillation as well as vinasse production. The $140-million contract is all set for construction and the project will start shortly with the engineering activity.
Isolux Corsan has enough expertise and extensive experience in the maintenance, commissioning, construction and designing of biofuel plants. The company is a worldwide benchmark in the concessions, construction, energy as well as industrial services sectors.
Source: http://www.isoluxcorsan.com