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Firm Eyes Sorghum Ethanol Plant
TANZANIA - Energy company, the CAMS Group has put forward proposals to produce ethanol from sorghum in Tanzania.The group said it hopes to produce 240 million litres of ethanol at a cost of up to $600 million.
According to a report in The Guardian newspaper, the company's plans are to grow the sweet sorghum on 45,000 hectares of land in two districts -- Handeni and Bagamoyo -- north of Dar es Salaam.
"The project is supposed to be up and running in three to three-and-a-half years," George Joannou, the company's chairman and chief executive says in the report.
The company, CAMS Agri-Energy Tanzania, plans to employ between 40,000 and 60,000 farmers to grow sweet sorghum. The firm would then use the sweet sorghum stalks to make ethanol using technology bought from China, which will reduce the cost of setting up the project to about $600 million.
The news emerged during the inaugural Biofuels Markets East Africa conference this week which has brought together key players from the region - with particular focus on Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar - with global industry experts.
The new event has had a case study led agenda of presentations, panels and Q&A, reviewing the current status of the biofuels market in the region and addressing the expanding opportunities for the production of feedstock and biofuels for both use in Africa and for export.
The event was preceded by a one day masterclass on jatropha.
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