MEDAS contracts order for bioethanol plant in India

MEDAS, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company specialising in distillery, brewery and food processing solutions has been awarded a biofuels contract by NSL Sugars.

The contract pertains to NSL Sugars’ Jai Mahesh Unit, located in Mazalgaon, District Beed,

Maharashtra, where MEDAS will serve as the technology, engineering and equipment partner for their state-of-the-art distillery project.
The plant’s capacity is 500,000 litres per day based on sugarcane syrup and grains.

The new facility, based on MEDAS’s cutting-edge design, will operate on multiple feedstocks including sugarcane syrup and grains, to produce fuel-grade ethanol as part of the Government of India’s National Biofuel Policy.
The distillery will utilise low-pressure distillation system, resulting in higher power generation, along with an energy-efficient evaporation system that uses sugar and

dryer vapours for processing.
This integrated approach ensures minimal energy consumption and

maximum output.

“MEDAS, incorporated in 2018 has already designed, engineered, and commissioned multiple distillery plants across India operating on multiple feedstocks, including grains and sugarcane juice/molasses.

“Our recent success includes a 423,000 lpd sugarcane juice/grain based plant in Karnataka and a 125,000 lpd grain based ethanol plant in North India. We are honoured that NSL Sugars recognised our capabilities and entrusted us with this high-impact project,” said   Abhay Chaudhari, managing director of MEDAS.

Execution on the NSL project is already underway, with significant progress achieved in a short period of time.