12 September 2014
ABOUT NUMALIGARH REFINERY LIMITED, NRL
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a Finland based biorefining technology corporation ,
signed yesterday Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
(NRL, A Government of India Enterprise).
Parties have agreed to jointly study
to build a world class biorefinery
in North Eastern India (Assam) for producing
* biofuel ethanol with co-production of
* furfural and
* acetic acid
from locally available cellulosic biomass.
Bamboo is one of the major non-food biomass resources
available abundantly in North East India and
it is among the fastest growing plants.
The MoU was signed between
* NRL Director Mr. SR Medhi and
* Mr. Pasi Rousu, President, Asia–Pacific & Americas, Chempolis
at NRL Corporate Office, Guwahati.
Pasi Rousu,
President, Asia-Pacific and Americas, Chempolis Ltd
“India has seriously making acts to meet the biofuel mandate
to blend 5 per cent and later 20 per cent of bioethanol
in gasoline. India can soon be a forefront of biorefining.”
Chempolis’ formicobio™ biorefining technology
is based on selective fractionation of biomass and
co-production of multiple products in a sustainable way.
READ MORE : THE FUTURE IS ON CELLULOSIC ETHANOL
The technology is a versatile platform.
In addition to bioethanol,
sugars and lignin can be used as feed stocks
to a myriad of different products.
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