Angola: Biocom’s ethanol power plant operational by mid-June

A 120MW bioethanol power plant being developed by Odebrecht and a Singapore-based company owned by a close associate of President José Eduardo dos Santos is expected to start up this month. On 25 May, Companhia de Bioenergia de Angola (Biocom) institutional relations director Luis Bagorro told industry minister Bernarda Martins that the Cacuso ethanol power plant on a sugar estate in Malanje Province was expected to start operations on 16 June.