In todays Bangkok Post :
http://www.bangkokpost.com/200608_Business/20Jun2008_biz30.php
First bagasse ethanol plant ready to open
YUTHANA PRAIWAN
Thai Roong Ruang Group, a sugar miller and exporter, will begin to operate the
country's first cellulose-derived ethanol plant in Saraburi next month,
according to managing director Ugrit Asadatorn. The company's wholly owned
subsidiary, Thai Roong Ruang Energy, has a licence to produce 400,000 litres of
ethanol a year. Some will be made from bagasse, a byproduct from molasses.
Cellulose or bagasse-based ethanol is made of wood chips, corn stover (leaves
and stalks) and rice straw.
The company will build the prototype bagasse-based ethanol production facility
as part of its one-billion-baht plant. The construction of Thailand's first
bagasse-based ethanol plant began in mid-2007.
Of the total cost of one billion baht, 600 million baht was provided by the
Japanese government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organisation,. The balance was financed by Thai Roong Ruang Group.
Thanks to the Japanese technology, the facility can produce ethanol from both
types of materials.
To produce 10,000 litres of ethanol a day, the bagasse-based production unit
will require 130 tonnes of raw materials, while its molasses-based production
line will require 400 tonnes of raw materials to make 110,000 litres.
The group expects ethanol from bagasse to be more competitive since global
biofuel manufacturers are currently making rapid progress in the development of
the cellulose-ethanol technology.
Dr Ugrid said Thai Roong Ruang Energy was also building a power plant to be
powered by biogas derived from the waste water from its sugar and ethanol
complex to achieve greater cost savings.
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