RHI and India-Based Firm to Build Ethanol Plant

According to the Manila Bulletin, RHI said in a statement that RBC has engaged KBK Chem-Engineering Pvt. Ltd. to design, build and activate the production facilities and equipment for the bioethanol plant.

KBK Chem-Engineering provides tailor-made turnkey solutions in the field of distilleries, ethanol, biofuels and cogeneration power systems for companies in India, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Africa, East Europe and Latin America.

The facilities and equipment for RBC’s plant include the fermentation and distillation in ethanol production, wastewater treatment, slops concentration, product storage as well as the steam boiler and turbogenerator components.

The plant will be built next to Central Azucarera de La Carlota, Inc. (CACI) in La Carlota City, a sugar mill owned by CADP Group Corporation, a subsidiary of RHI.

RHI chairman Pedro Roxas said the bioethanol plant, which will have a production capacity of 100,000 liters a day, is expected to be completed by the end of next year or early 2010.

"We are optimistic and quite excited about this business. Ethanol is an efficient, renewable and environment-friendly fuel. It will be a substantial addition to our stream of revenues," Roxas said.

Roxas assured the country’s sugar supply chain will not be affected should the company resort to the use of sugar or sugarcane juices as raw material.

He added the company also placed equal importance to the efficiency and the environmental issues in designing the plant.

"One of the key features of the plant is a wastewater treatment system that converts pollutants into biogas which can be used as fuel and therefore, will also allow us to save on energy costs. In addition, the slops can be used as fuel when mixed with bagasse or organic fertilizers and thus, will eliminate any liquid waste," Roxas said.

This project will qualify the company to earn carbon credits as a ‘clean development mechanism’ project under the Kyoto Protocol issued by the United Nations Framework for Climate Change, he said.

View the Manila Bulletin story by clicking here.

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