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Brazilian company Dedini, the main producer of equipment for biofuels, has launched a new technology that allows ethanol factories from sugar beet, to produce water. The factories of Sao Paulo, the largest and most efficient state from Brazil, ethanol producer, consuming in present about 1,800 litres of water from rivers and lakes to process one ton of ethanol.

The new technology allows plants not only to not use the extra water, but also to sell the secondary product for domestic and industrial consumption.

“Water quality that result is better than the water from rivers. It could be used in irrigation of crops sugar beet, for a better productivity,” said Jose Luiz Oliverio, vice-president Dedini.

The costs of factory building with the new technology are 10-20% higher than those for construction of a conventional factory. Brazil is the world largest ethanol exporter.