November 12, 2013
BY Staff
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC and Highwater Ethanol LLC have taken an initial step to retrofit Highwater’s Lamberton, Minn., ethanol plant for production of biobased butanol with the installation of a novel corn oil separation technology.
The two companies have entered into definitive agreements to license Butamax’s patented corn oil separation technology, which is an integrated part of a full retrofit. However, the technology can also be installed independently as a first phase of conversion. Installation of the corn oil extraction technology is expected to be complete this winter, with corn oil production scheduled to commence during the first quarter of next year.
Highwater and Butamax will enter negotiations on a possible agreement for the second phase of a butanol retrofit after the corn oil separation technology is installed and operational.
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In December 2011, Highwater became the first ethanol plant to sign on as part of Butamax’s early adopters’ group of facilities investigating the possibility of retrofitting for butanol production.
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