INPB uses the company’s feedstock flexible BioEnergy technology and is expected to generate eight million gallons of advanced cellulosic bioethanol and 6MW of renewable power at full capacity.
With electricity generated from biomass including yard, vegetative, and agricultural wastes, the facility will power itself as well as the local Vero Beach community.
INEOS Bio CEO and INPB chairman Peter Williams said, "The power generated improves the energy efficiency and greenhouse gas savings of the facility while contributing to the base load of renewable electricity for the local community."
The company plans to produce advanced cellulosic bioethanol at INPB in October-December 2012 and additionally run municipal solid waste at the center after the initial start-up.
Technology at the center will serve as a reference plant for future INEOS Bio facilities and for interested companies and cities, claimed the company.
