Maple Energy produced almost 3 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol at its Peru-based biofuel plant between 1 January and 31 March this year according to a recent company update. Some 160,000 tonnes of sugarcane was processed for ethanol production. The average ethanol yield during this period was approximately 20.5 gallons per net tonne of sugarcane processed. Under the company’s existing sales and distribution agreement with Mitsui & Co., Maple has sold an aggregate volume of approximately 3 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol to Mitsui as of 31 March 2014. In addition to the sales to Mitsui, Maple sold a total… Login to continue

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