World-first engine test to convert sugarcane into clean power
Finland, March 25 -- Technology group Wartsila has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II S.A, majority owned by Grupo Economico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see ethanol - a biofuel mainly produced from sugarcane - used to generate clean power. Taking place at the Suape II power station in Recife, Brazil, the trial will test the world's-first ethanol-fuelled engine for large-scale electricity generation. The ethanol demonstration upgrade project was booked by Wartsila in Q1 2025.Brazil is the largest producer and user of ethanol from sugarcane, and this partnership aims to demonstrate the significant potential for this local fuel as a clean power source to customers, authorities, and polic...
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