Ethanol Plant for Taraba State Nigeria

According to All Africa, the executive chamber of Government House, Jalingo, a representative of the Cassava Agro Industries Service, Mr Boma Anga, said the factory will be an integrated ethanol plant that could produce 200,000 litres of ethanol, 100 tonnes of cassava flour, 50 tonnes of liquid CO₂ and 600,000 litres of bio fertilisers a day.

The reports says the state government will to provide land and $70 million sovereign through its Public Private Partnership (PPP) policy. The processing equipment will be imported from China.

Taraba State will have a 15 per cent holding of the paid up share capital.

When completed, the factory is expected to produce 54 million litres of ethanol, 30,000 tonnes of cassava flour, 15,000 tonnes of CO₂, 60,000 tonnes of fertiliser, 120,000 tonnes of animal feed ingredients, 1606 mega watts of electricity and 300,000 tonnes of fresh cassava roots annually.

The company also intends to sell 10 per cent of its output to the local communities as a cleaner and cheaper household fuel, to replace Kerosene for cooking. The project is expected to create employment for about 30,000 people, the All Africa report says.

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