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Animation explaining hveiti’s production concept

By Hveiti | [email protected]

16 April 2012

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hveiti is a coming sustainable biorefinery, which is to be built in Grenaa, Denmark. It is the first biorefinery, for the production of bioethanol, build under the Renewable Energy Directive which states that 20 % of the EU Energy consumption must be derived from renewable sources by 2020.

Bioethanol from hveiti will have a CO₂ reduction capacity of 70 %, which is fare above the current requirement of minimum 35 % CO₂ reduction capacity.

The basic idea is to produce a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels as well as producing more food and a sustainable alternative to the soybean proteins that agriculture is importing from South America.

Read more on www.hveiti.dk.

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