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Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas

Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas
  • Fully owned (100%) by Abengoa Bioenergía.
  • Annual installed bioethanol production capacity of 25 Mgal.
  • Biomass consumption of 1,000 tons daily which includes the fuel for electricity co-generation.

Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas is a project to build a plant for the production of 25 Mgal (100 ML) of cellulosic ethanol and 22 MW of renewable energy from biomass (mixture of agricultural waste, non-feed energy crops and wood waste). The plant will be located to the west of Hugoton, state of Kansas, and will create 65 permanent jobs.

The construction of the Hugoton plant began in July 2011 and it is expected to begin operations in June 2013.