Brazil biofuels venture to add complex in Alagoas

Brazilian advanced biofuels firm GranBio, biofuels producer Impacto Bioenergia and two sugarcane plant operators will build a biofuels complex in northeastern Alagoas state, the companies said. The biorefinery project, named Exygen I, will cost an estimated R1.5bn ($253mn) and produce carbon neutral ethanol, biomethane and biofertilizers. It will have production capacity of 160mn l/yr (2,760

GranBio secures European patent for 2G ethanol production

GranBio secured European in August 2021, which has been successfully validated in 31 countries for patent protection. The 31 patents cover the production of cellulosic ethanol (or another fermentation product) in these countries. GranBio’s patented GP3+® technology converts non-food lignocellulosic biomass into low-carbon renewable biofuels. In order to license this technology worldwide, the Brazilian and