Final Products

Ethanol

Required Inputs

Sugarcane molasses

Competing Products

Low competition
Ethanol produced by other technologies

Potential for Export

High

Complexity – Type of Process

Medium – chemical process

Technology

Fermentation process

Equipment and Material

Fermentation tank, distillation column and storage tanks

Human Resources

Manual labor, chemical engineers and quality control engineers

Forward Linkage

Pharmaceutical industry

Local/Regional/Nationwide

Export & local markets (nationwide)

Backward Linkage

Sugar factories

Supporting Entities

Equipment and additive suppliers, testing facilities

Competitive Edge

Lower cost, could open new markets as it uses bio-based inputs

Revenue Stream

Sales of ethanol

CAPEX

2.4B EGP

Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment.

Investment Size

Mega (Above 500M)

Key Challenge

Seasonality of supply and mass production as well as maintaining high-quality, cost of transportation and absence of formal industrial waste collection services

Advantages

High profit margins and high value-addition

Potential Pathways to Growth

Production of alcohol-based chemicals (e.g., citric acid), increasing sales and outreach to various customer segments (packaged and branded or white label)

Environmental

Eco-friendly use of industrial waste

Social

Increases returns on industrial waste and creates job opportunities.

Relevant sub-market

Intermediary to industries (food, pharmaceutical, wood and paper))

Lies within the following
value chain/cluster(s)

Sugarcane, municipal and industrial waste

Impact

Promotes value-addition to sugarcane waste