Bioethanol boost

Technology group Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II, which is majority-owned by Grupo Econômico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial that will see sugarcane-based bioethanol 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 Wärtsilä in the first quarter of the year.

Special partnership

Brazil is the largest producer and user of ethanol from sugarcane¹ and this partnership aims to demonstrate the significant potential for this local fuel as a clean power source to customers, authorities and policymakers.
The collaboration was initiated by Carlos Alberto Mansur Filho, shareholder of Grupo Econômico 4M, to generate clean and reliable energy.
With an established partnership already in place, Mansur selected Wärtsilä for this opportunity due to their shared focus on innovation and clean energy.
According to the International Energy Agency’s Net...