(SeeNews) - Nov 13, 2013 - Brazil's national petroleum, gas and biofuels sector watchdog ANP allowed last week the construction of the country's first second generation (2G) ethanol plant by local firm Bioflex Agroindustrial.<br /> Bioflex, which is owned by local investment group GranInvestimentos SA (GranInvests), will build the plant in Sao Miguel dos Campos, northern Alagoas state. The facility will have capacity of 250 cu m (8,828 cu ft) of anhydrous ethanol per day from sugar cane bagasse.<br /> The plant is expected to start operations in mid-2014.<br /> The project will be developed under the Brazilian governmental industrial innovation programme for the sugar energy sector (PAISS), created in 2011.<br /> A total of 35 projects were selected to get financing of over BRL 3 billion (USD 1.286bn/EUR 957.2m) for the development of cellulosic ethanol and chemical derivatives from sugar cane biomass.<br /> (BRL 1.0 = USD 0.429/EUR 0.319)
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