Dissolving pulp producer Austrocel is making progress with the construction of the 30 million litres production facility for bioethanol at the pulp mill in Hallein, Austria, according to Euwid.
The bioethanol plant is expected to start up operations in November 2020, with first batches of biofuel to be produced in December.
Last October, Autrocel had signed a multi-year biotehanol supply agreement with Austria's oil and gas company OMV. Using second-generation biofuels such as the bioethanol produced by Austrocel would help to reduce the carbon intensity of OMV's fuel products and fulfil legal additive requirements, according to OMV.
The 30 million litres of bioethanol produced at the Hallein biorefinery correspond to approximately 1 per cent of the total gasoline consumption in Austria.
