Global process solutions company Praj Industries today said it has contracted a 60,000 LPD project for production of fuel ethanol and premium grade extra neutral alcohol (beverage alcohol) from Kakira Sugars, a leading sugar and power producer in Uganda.
Praj will provide key technologies for fermentation, distillation, waste-water treatment including biomethanation followed by biocomposting, the company said in a release issued here.
Kakira Sugars is part of the diversified Madhvani Group, one of the largest private sector groups in East Africa. The plant will process cane molasses from the Kakira Sugar Mill.
The project will be supplied on EPC basis including boiler, turbine, water treatment plant, laboratory, auxiliary packages.
All of the steam required and 50-60% of the electricity consumed by the complex will be generated by the distillery plant itself.
Effluent generated by the plant will be converted into biocompost for renewing the soil fertility.
"We are happy to partner Kakira Sugars in their environmentally sustainable project. With over 600 references in more than 60 countries we have acquired an international repute for responsible and sustainable solutions.
"I am also happy to share that Praj has completed 2 decades of serving African continent by way of providing solutions for ethanol, brewery and wastewater treatment systems. We have a significant market share in Africa," Praj Industries Executive Chairman Pramod Chaudhari said.
Praj recently commissioned Africa's first RSB (Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) certified 80,000 m3 of fuel grade ethanol plant at Sierra Leone, Africa.
