Versalis and Saipem to produce sustainable bioethanol

摘要

Versalis will manage the commercial aspects relating to the granting of license rights of the PROESA technology and will provide engineering, assistance and training services while Saipem will be responsible for all the stages of production plants development, from design to construction. Versalis S.p.A and Saipem S.p.A. have signed an agreement to internationally promote PROESA, Versalis' proprietary technology used to produce sustainable bioethanol and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Versalis and Saipem will provide integrated and technologically advanced solutions for the sustainable production of bioethanol. The PROESA process does not use crops intended for human consumption as a raw material, but rather produces second generation bioethanol (referred to as advanced biofuel by EU) through a process of hydrolysis and subsequent fermentation of agricultural biomasses available in abundance, such as agricultural waste, wood chips and energy crops.