Reliability through experience
ADDAX BIOENERGY Bioethanol Plant, Makeni, Sierra Leone
2014
Greenfield EPC Construction of a Cane Ethanol Production Plant
Customer
Addax Bioenergy
General contractor
De Smet Engineers & Contractors
Technology provider
Praj Industries Ltd. for ethanol process
De Smet Engineers & Contractors for balance of the plant
Scope of works
EPCM supply of a complete cane processing line for the production of ethanol with cogeneration facilities
Industrial operation
2014
Plant capacity
80,000 m³ per year of Fuel Grade Ethanol
Processing units
- Cane milling: 6,000 TCPD
- Juice clarification
- Juice fermentation and distillation
- Ethanol dehydration
Utilities
- Bagasse boilers: 2 x 80 T/h – 65 barg
- Electricity generation: 32 MW, including public network connection
- Raw water treatment
- Effluent water treatment
- Fire fighting and ancillary services
Site Works
- Civil works and buildings
- Site installation works
- Plant compound construction
RSB Certification
First Biofuels Entity in Africa to Earn RSB Certification Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone (SL) Limited