Project Owner... |
ARD
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Project name |
Futurol pilot
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Status |
operational
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Startup |
2011
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Country |
France
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City |
Pomacle
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Type |
TRL 4-5 Pilot
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Technology |
PVC5: Alcohol fuels from cellulosic sugars
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Raw Material |
lignocellulosics
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Input 1 |
flexible; woody and agricultural by-products, residues, energy crops (1 t/d)
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Output 1 |
ethanol (100 m3/y)
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Total Investment |
EUR 76,400,000
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Partners |
Partners: ARD, IFP Energies nouvelles, INRA, Lesaffre, Office national des forêts, Tereos, Total, Vivescia, Crédit Agricole Nord Est, CGB, Unigrains.
Budget: 76.4 million euros, including 29.9 million state funding (Bpifrance).
Date of validation of the technical and economic feasibility of the process chain: 2017
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Additional Information |
The pilot unit set up in 2011 at Pomacle-Bazancourt (Marne) validated the technology on a scale of 1 tonne of biomass per day. The facility is a small-scale version of a complete advanced ethanol production plant, from biomass preparation right through to final distillation.
The facility, unique in France, and the experienced team that operated it, played a crucial role in the development of FUTUROL™ technology.
Once the Research and Development phase was complete, on 31 October 2018 the pilot plant was sold to ARD, one of the partners in the FUTUROL™ project, based in Pomacle-Bazancourt. ARD, which also took over all the pilot unit’s personnel, will maintain the facility and the operational skills required to operate it in order to support the marketing of FUTUROL technology.
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Benoit TREMEAU
General Secretary
+33 3 26 05 42 80
b.tremeau@projet-futurol.com
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Last Update: 2022-03-02 08:38:42