Solvay to invest $184 million in epoxy resin factory in Thailand, using biodiesel byproducts as feedstocks

January 31, 2008

In Thailand, Solvay will invest $184 million in a epichlorohydrin facility to produce feedstocks for epoxy resins. The plant will use Solvay’s Epicerol process, based on the transformation of glycerine, a biodiesel by-product. The plant is expected to be operation in 2009.

  • Cow tallow as biodiesel feedstock: Brazilian plant opens
  • Cattle Network reports that a new biodiesel project in Brazil will use cow tallow as a feedstock. The first cow tallow biodiesel plant opened in Brazil in 2005. Tallow, which cost around 30% less than...
  • Finland’s 12 Mgy Hamina ethanol plant, 20 ethanol stations, to open
  • In Finland, the 12 Mgy Hamina ethanol plant will open later this month, replacing up to 2 percent of Finland's conventional gasoline usage, with waste products from candy factories and bakeries among ...
  • Thailand aims to increase cassava yield as ethanol capacity grows
  • In Thailand, a survey of the country's cassava production capabilities has been published highlighting improving cassava yields. Yield have improved from 0.9 tonnes per acre in 1995 to 1.4 tonnes per ...
  • Russia’s Biotekhnologia partners with PetroVietnam for sugarcane, cassava, rice waste ethanol plant
  • In Vietnam, Biotekhnologia announced hat it will partner with PetroVietnam and Metropol to develop a 100,000 tonne ethanol plant in Vietnam, using cassava, rice byproducts and sugar cane as feedstock...
  • 400-truck fleet in Thailand converts to B5
  • In Thailand, Tesco Lotus converted its 400-truck fleet to B5 biodiesel, reducing carbon emissions by 3 metric tonnes per year and reducing fuel costs by 5%. B5 conversions are typically followed by...
  • TPI Polene Power to invest $58 million in 48 Mgy ethanol plant in Thailand’s Saraburi province
  • In Thailand, TPI Polene Power said that they will invest $58 million in an ethanol plant in Saraburi province. The plant would produce 48 Mgy of ethanol, primarily for export. E10 now accounts for ...

    Comments

    Got something to say?

    You must be logged in to post a comment.