He president of Ancap, Alejandro Stipanicicassured that Alcohols from Uruguay (ALUR) advances jointly with a university of Italy in a pilot plan to produce sustainable jet fuel (SAFfor its acronym in English) based on ethanol —C2H6O—.
The owner of the Ancap Group confirmed last Thursday, within the framework of the 2024 sugar cane harvest in Beautiful Union (Artigas)that the collateral company’s project would be an “unprecedented” one at a global level based on the technology to be used.
Stipanicic explained at a press conference that the technology for the production of SAF from ethanol is “patented, approved and tested” and that the Uruguay It would become the first country to carry out a pilot plan for it throughout the world.
“ALUR is the green branch of Ancap”
“ALUR is the green branch of Ancap and has a leading role in the future of the energy transitionand that’s what we’re going towards,” the leader pointed out in this regard.
In 2022, ALUR called for interested parties to develop a SAF project, as well as synthetic fuels and methanol, using biogenic carbon from the bioethanol plant of the department of Paysandu.
In that sense, the Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Elisa Facioalso present at the press conference, highlighted ALUR for “coupling” to current times by being “a productive engine of biofuels and energy”.
For his part, the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), Fernando Mattosstressed that ALUR is a company that will generate “the green fuels that the world requires.”
“We are on the path of sustainability, where we all have to think about the future, how we are going to generate wealth and a new generation of fuels to replace the most polluting fossil fuels,” said the minister.
Source: Ambito
