GranBio’s Bioflex 1 industrial unit is the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol factory in the Southern Hemisphere and the most innovative project in the sugar-based alcohol industry since Proálcool.

Located in the municipality of São Miguel dos Campos, in Alagoas, 55 kilometers from port in Maceió, the unit became operational in September of 2014. It has capacity to produce 82 million liters of biofuel per year.

A combination of technologies (pre-treatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation) permits the transformation of sugarcane straw and bagasse into an advanced and clean fuel that does not crowd out food production.

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