Brazilian ethanol producer switches to corn to boost production in sugarcane downtime

Biofuels Digest
Meghan Sapp March 20, 2012

In Brazil, ethanol production from corn has begun at traditional sugarcane ethanol producer Usimat Destilaria de Alcohol in Mato Grosso state in an attempt to boost ethanol supply during the sugarcane intercrop season.

The $11 million facility produces 90,000 liters of ethanol per day and will eventually reach 120 million liters per day from 300 metric tons of corn. The facility expects to produce up to 40 million liters per intercrop season by 2013.

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