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News Archive2010Malaysia: Distillation pilot plant for 2G bioethanol20 December 2010 Together with the local palm oil producer Sime Darby the Japanese company Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (MES) sets up a pilot plant for second generation (2G) bioethanol in Tennamaram, Malaysia. Based on technology licensed from Inbicon the plant will produce bioethanol from empty fruit bunches from palm oil production, starting from January 2011. Distillation and rectification unit of the pilot plant have been supplied by Vogelbusch. Preassembled and (water) tested in Austria, the skid mounted plant was shipped in 2 containers and finally installed on site within only few days. The project was completed despite the tight schedule to the full satisfaction of the customers, which helped that Vogelbusch is now working on a follow-on order for Mitsui. Abengoa Bioenergy officially opens two production facilities27 October 2010 Abengoa Bioenergy officially opened two new ethanol facilities in the US, one in Madison, Illinois and the other in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. The plants use ethanol technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. and are designed similar to Abengoa’s plant in Ravenna, Nebraska, which has been operating since 2007. Each of the new facilities contributes close to 90 million gallons of ethanol annually (950,000 liters per day) to the US market. Abengoa Bioenergy, a division of Abengoa SA in Spain, operates 6 ethanol plants in the US which are all based on VOGELBUSCH technology. See Projects Skid-mounted ethanol dehydration for Cosmo Oil of Japan17 September 2010 Key equipment for a 140,000 liters per day ethanol dehydration unit has been shipped to Japan by Vogelbusch USA. The prefabricated dehydration unit is designed as a compact and easy to install modular system. The equipment is mounted within structural steel framing which serves as a shipping support and later will provide access to the equipment during operation. Start-up of the plant is set for 2011. See Projects More on Vogelbusch USA's versatile Skid-mounted systems Award of Excellence goes to Gunter Brodl15 June 2010 Gunter Brodl, president of Vogelbusch USA, received the 2010 FEW Award of Excellence for Trailblazer Leadership and Engineering Distinction in the Global Ethanol Industry. Gunter Brodl established Vogelbusch USA, based in Katy, Texas, more than 20 years ago. He has been working in the ethanol industry for the past 45 years and came to live in the U.S. when the industry was in its infancy. Gunter played a major role in getting some of the first fuel ethanol plants operating and helped introduce the industry to Vogelbusch’s Multicont, a state-of-the-art continuous fermentation process. He continues to work as an innovator for energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly designs for ethanol production. Gunter joins a list of previous winners that goes back to 2000. Given by BBI International and Ethanol Producer Magazine, the award honors individuals whose work and efforts in the industry deserve notice and celebration. See Press release Distillation plant for Lantmännen Reppe29 April 2010 Swedish starch producer Lantmännen Reppe are upgrading the distillation capacity at their Lidköping plant with technology from Vogelbusch. Erection of the unit is under way, the start-up is expected in the course of 3Q 2010. Vogelbusch has provided the process design and supplied the equipment and supervises erection and start-up of the plant. The product will be used in Reppe's beverage alcohol production. See Projects Acceptance certificate signed by Almagest25 March 2010 Following the successful start-up of their alcohol plant in in Verinsko, Bulgaria, last summer Almagest now confirmed the sound and flawless implementation of the project by Vogelbusch by signing the acceptance certificate. The plant is running to the complete satisfaction of the client and is exeeding 100 per cent plant capacity. See Projects
Danish prince inaugurates Kalundborg plant19 Nov 2009 A grand opening was held at Inbicon's 2G ethanol plant in the port of Kalundborg. His Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Denmark led the inauguration of the first Inbicon plant to publicly showcase its technology for turning straw into ethanol. For more see Inbicon News Ethanol dehydration in Trinidad23 Oct 2009 Trinidad & Tobago based EthylChem Ltd. are setting up a dehydration facility to process ethanol imported from Brazil. The plant will remove water from hydrous fuel grade ethanol and the dehydrated product will be exported to the US. The plant is currently installed at Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad with a capacity of more than 1 million litres per day. Vogelbusch USA provide the molecular sieve dehydration technology for the facility. Vogelbusch USA has also taken an order for a dehydration plant from Cosmo Oil Company Ltd. in Japan to be completed in 2011. Almagest alcohol plant construction well under way11 May 2009 The new production facility for beverage alcohol plant of Almagest AG is growing fast. Start-up is scheduled for summer 2009. Energy efficient technologies18 March 2009 Greenhouse gas emission savings in ethanol production was the topic of a presentation held by Vogelbusch at the World Biofuels Markets conference in Brussel, Belgium. The minimum GHG reduction targets for biofuels in the EU have been set at 35 percent less than from fossil fuels, gradually rising to 60 percent for new producers after 2017. Cutting process energy consumption plays a key part in modern bioethanol plant design because it is tightly connected to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in production. Download presentation
Successful ethanol plant start-ups in the USA3 December 2008 Three state-of-the-art ethanol facilities designed by Vogelbusch USA Inc. have been commissioned during the past summer. Plants have been started up by Penford Products Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Altra Biofuels Indiana LLC in Coverdale, Indiana and by Cargill, Inc. at their agri-processing complex in Blair, Nebraska. For Cargill it is their second ethanol plant in Blair utilizing technology licensed by Vogelbusch. Inbicon begin work on demonstration plant in Denmark17 September 2008 Inbicon, a subsidiary of DONG Energy, officially started construction of their bioethanol demonstration plant in Kalundborg. With this plant Inbicon will demonstrate the conversion of residual biomass - straw - into ethanol. Inbicon has developed a proprietary cellulose process for the raw material conversion. Part of ethanol fermentation as well as distillation and dehydration process are provided by Vogelbusch. Performance test certificate signed for neutral alcohol plant in Iran01 August 2008 Sugar Cane & By-Products Development Co. has signed the Performance Test Certificate for their neutral alcohol plant in Ahvaz, Iran. The plant produces 110,000 litre alcohol per day from sugar cane molasses. The performance test was successfully conducted in March 2008. Vinegar fermenter for Portugal26 June 2008 Mendes Gonçalves, a renowned vinegar manufacturer from Portugal, has been supplied with a Vogelbusch vinegar fermenter to expand their production capacity in in Golegã, North of Lissabon by 15,000 liters per day. The new fermenter was integrated into the existing facilities in June 2008. The unit has passed the acceptance test and is now running well above design capacity.
Beverage alcohol plant for Bulgaria12 November 2007 Almagest AG of Bulgaria has contracted VOGELBUSCH to supply technology for a 60,000 liter per day beverage alcohol plant in Ihtiman, Bulgaria. Services include basic engineering, technical services, procurement assistance and supply of key equipment. Start-up is scheduled for 2009. New address in USAVogelbusch USA Inc. have moved to their new offices near Houston: 1810 Snake River Road Back to News & Events
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