| Punj Lloyd to build bio-ethanol plant in UK |
| Our Web Bureau / Mumbai March 16, 2007 |
| Punj Lloyd subsidiary Simon Carves, a global EPC services provider in energy and infrastructure domains, has been engaged by the Ensus Group to design and construct what the company claims will be the world's largest wheat based bio-ethanol production facility. According to an official release issued by the company to the BSE today, the facility will be built at the Wilton International site in Teesside, an integrated petrochemical complex in the North East of England. The project will employ approximately 800 people during the construction phase and approximately 100 people once the plant is fully operational. This facility, will substantially underpin UK's entire target of bio-fuels, once the plant is fully operational, the release said. Commenting on the project, Atul Punj, chairman, of Punj Lloyd, said: "A world-scale bio-ethanol plant being designed and constructed by Punj Lloyd group reinforces our credentials within the region and also with world's leading players. With blending of bio ethanol in retail petroleum products becoming mandatory, many more bio-ethanol fuel production plants will be setup in Europe and in many parts of South Asia specially India. Simon Carves |
