Punj Lloyd to build bio-ethanol plant in UK

Punj Lloyd subsidiary Simon Carves, a global EPC services provider in energy and infrastructure domains, has been engaged by the Ensus Group to design and construct what the company claims will be the world's largest wheat based bio-ethanol production facility.

According to an official release issued by the company to the BSE today, the facility will be built at the Wilton International site in Teesside, an integrated petrochemical complex in the North East of England.

The project will employ approximately 800 people during the construction phase and approximately 100 people once the plant is fully operational. This facility, will substantially underpin UK's entire target of bio-fuels, once the plant is fully operational, the release said.

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