The main purpose of the IBUS-project is to reduce the costs of producing electricity and bioethanol based on biomass. The bioethanol is to be used as an additive to petrol and diesel to obtain an improved and cleaner combustion and to reduce the CO2 emission within the transport sector. Bioethanol can among other things replace the problematic additive MTBE.
The by-product from the process is pure fibre, which is pressed and dried prior to unproblematic combustion together with coal or natural gas in existing power generating plants.
The project will be implemented over the next 40 months, and the EU contributes approx € 6.5 mill. i.e. almost half of the amount, which is the maximum contribution granted for a development project.
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