Praj Industries bags ethanol plant contract in Uganda

Pune-based Praj Industries has received a contract from Kakira Sugars, an Uganda-based producer of sugar and power, for 60,000 litre per day (LPD) project for production of fuel ethanol and premium grade extra neutral alcohol (beverage alcohol). Kakira Sugars is part of the diversified Madhvani Group, one of the largest private-sector group in East Africa. The plant will process cane molasses from the Kakira Sugar Mill.
 
Praj Industries will provide key technologies for fermentation, distillation, wastewater treatment including biomethanation followed by biocomposting. The project will be supplied on EPC basis including boiler, turbine, water treatment plant, laboratory, auxiliary packages, etc. All of the steam required and 50-60 percent 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, making this one of the most sustainable distilleries. Effluent generated by the plant will be converted into biocompost for renewing the soil fertility.
 
Pramod Chaudhari, executive chairman, Praj Industries, said, “We are happy to partner Kakira Sugars in their environmentally sustainable project. This project reinforces our commitment towards environmentally sustainable solutions.”
 
Praj has been present in Africa for last two decades by way of providing solutions for ethanol, brewery and wastewater treatment systems. “We have a significant market share in Africa,” added Chaudhari.
 
Praj recently commissioned Africa’s first RSB (Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) certified 80,000 m3 of fuel grade ethanol plant at Sierra Leone, Africa. The RSB standards define the criteria for reduction of green-house gases in compliance with Renewable Fuels Directive, applicable to biofuels entering the EU market. The fuel grade ethanol produced from this plant will be exported to the European Union. This plant is for Addax Bioenergy SL.