BIO-BASED ECONOMY
Ethanol from sugarcane molasses for pharmaceutical industry
Market
| Final Products | Ethanol |
| Required Inputs | Sugarcane molasses |
| Competing Products | Low competition Ethanol produced by other technologies |
| Potential for Export | High |
Process
| 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 |
Business Linkage
| 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 |
Economic Features
| 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) |
Considerations
| 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) |
General Impact
| Environmental | Eco-friendly use of industrial waste |
| Social | Increases returns on industrial waste and creates job opportunities. |
Impact on Sub-market(s), Cluster(s) and Value Chain(s)
| 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 |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
