Onega gets bio-fuel plant
The factory will produce 150.000 tons of bio-pellets per year.
Earlier in September Arkhangelsk governor Ilya Mikhalchik announced a USD 161 million investment plan for bio-fuel production in the region, as reported by BarentsObserver.
Now, Russia Info Centre reports about the construction of the first huge plant for production of fuel-pellets. The plant will instead of a former local hydrolysis factory in Onega.
The first stage of the plant is expected to employ 120-200 people. Later, a second stage will include a full-scale biotechnology plant for production of biobutanol from wood waste.
