US ethanol ventures to Vietnam
Agresti’s venture will produce ethanol from landfill waste in Vietnam using a gravity-pressure-vessel technology.
Formerly known as Indiana Ethanol Power, Agresti plans to start building its first US project in Pike County, Kentucky in Q2 2009.
The gravity-pressure-vessel technology that Agresti obtained from GeneSyst International consists of a 2,000-foot-deep hole driven into the ground and lined with steel.
A slurry of oatmeal-like cellulose processed from trash drops into the shaft under extreme pressure and heat.
The sugar-like substance is pumped back up for distillation into the automotive fuel ethanol.