Petrobras and the United States Sign Cellulose Ethanol Development Agreement

Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, announced on August 25, 2010 that it will jointly optimize KLE's proprietary cellulosic ethanol process technology for bagasse feedstock through a joint development agreement between Petrobras USA and KL Energy USA (KLE). .

The latest generation of KLE's process design can provide significant improvements to the first-generation technology that was validated in 2008 by Upton, Wyoming, USA, using provenance of yellow pine as a raw material to validate the device, including the ability to optimize multiple materials .

As part of the agreement, Petrobras will provide 11 million U.S. dollars to apply to KLE's verification device, using bagasse as raw material, to verify that the optimized production process is used to produce cellulosic ethanol and biolignin from bagasse, making the technology To the extent of transferability.

At the same time, Petrobras and KLE will jointly develop an industrial-scale sugarcane bagasse-based cellulosic ethanol plant project, which will be fully integrated into the sugarcane processing plant of Brazil’s Petrobras Group, which will be commissioned and produce 15 million liters/year in 2013. Ethanol.

KL Energy (KLE) is a leader in the development and commercialization of second-generation cellulose-based energy products, including ethanol and bio-lignin-based energy products. KLE, which has a commercial verification facility in Upton, Wyoming, USA, is one of the first companies to validate the production of cellulosic ethanol and bio-lignin products from wood waste.