29-30 Jan, 2015 - Yangon, MYANMAR
Inya Lake Hotel
Inya Lake Hotel
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has signed an MOU with the National Innovation Agency of Thailand to begin a demonstration project in Thailand, whereby it will use locally available cassava residue (generated from starch extraction) to produce ethanol.
The project is expected to extend through 2016. Initially the project will be a pilot with an annual production capacity of 80 kiloliters (21,133 gallons).
However, NEDO confirms that the plant has capacity to process 1,000 tons of cassava pulp per year. The plant will convert highly-concentrated and viscous unrefined starch residue of cassava pulp (sourced from Thailand's largest cassava starch manufacturing plant) into ethanol.
This demo project is aimed at utilizing the vast amount of cassava residue that is discarded in Thailand - the largest cassava starch exporter in the world.
The demo project will generate data that will be assessed and examined through Feb. 2016. The analyzed data is expected to provide useful guidance for companies to utilize the cassava pulp for commercial purposes.
NEDO is hopeful that the annual 1.9 million tons of cassava residue produced in Thailand can be converted into 620,000 kiloliters of ethanol per year.
Mr. Seiji Sawa, Project Coordinator at NEDO along with Dr. Yutaka Mitani, General Manager (Frontier Laboratories of Value Creation) at Sapporo Breweries Ltd. will be sharing an 'Update on the NEDO / Eiamburapa Co., Ltd Cassava pulp to bioethanol project' at CMT's 4th Starch World 2015 on 29-30 January, 2015 in Yangon.
Contact Ms. Hafizah at hafizah@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9218 for more details.
