Dedini, Sudanese Kenana Sugar open 19 Mgy sugarcane ethanol plant, first in Sudan

In Sudan, Dedini opened the country’s first sugarcane ethanol plant, which has a capacity of 19 million gallons per year. The plant is now owned by the Sudanese Kenana Sugar Company, which purchased the plant after it was completely manufactures in Sao Paulo province, Brazil, and then transported in two shipments to the Sudan.

The company said that it may consider doubling production capacity, while Dedini referred to the project as “like a business card for the company in Sudan and Africa” according to a report in BrazzilMag.

Kenana Sugar was originally expected to commence operations in March. The plant is located 150 miles south of Khartoum and will convert molasses to ethanol. The company has contracted for partial off-take for export to the UK for the $800 million sugarcane and ethanol complex.

Dedini has been given the opportunity by the Sudanese government to construct up to 18 ethanol plants around the country.

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