Praj Industries surges on plan to set up a demo ethanol plant worth around 150 crore

21 Aug 2013 Evaluate

Praj Industries is currently trading at Rs. 35.00, up by 0.55 points or 1.60% from its previous closing of Rs. 34.45 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 35.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 35.25 and Rs. 34.10 respectively. So far 56474 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 54.50 on 05-Oct-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 30.00 on 02-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 35.00 and Rs. 32.80 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 621.13 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 32.46% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 13.81% and 53.73% respectively.

Praj Industries has emerged as the first company in South Asia to set up an integrated second generation (2G) cellulosic ethanol demo plant with an estimated project cost of $ 25 million (Rs 145-150 crore). The plant will come up in Shirala in Sangli District in Maharashtra. The ethanol demo plant will operate on bio-mass with a capacity of 100 dry tonne of biomass per day, which includes agricultural waste such as corn stover, cobs and bagasse. The demo plant will enable Praj to consolidate its 6 years of R&D efforts, starting with laboratory trials to pilot scale trials. The same plant will also enable the company to develop various biochemicals and bio-products. This new facility will try to demonstrate various technical parameters including optimisation of water and energy integration and its impact on the capex and opex of the company. The plant will also develop the entire value chain including biomass handling and biomass composition and its impact on the operations. For this project, it will associate with Viraj Alcohols & Allied Industries Limited (VAAIL), an existing ethanol producer. VAAIL will provide the land and allied services for the completion of the project.

Ground breaking of 2G cellulosic ethanol plant is a giant leap in biotechnology and towards a more sustainable world. The greenhouse gas savings from cellulosic ethanol is greater than those from 1st generation crop-based biofuels as well as fossil-based fuel and hence this project will play a vital role in reducing carbon footprints. The project site at Shirala gives them a locational advantage in terms of sourcing of biomass, utilities and manpower.

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