Project 15: Mabele Fuels
Sector: Manufacturing
R2.5 billion (USD189 million or €160 million)
Project Summary
The project intends to develop a circa 154 million litres per annum fuel grade bioethanol plant, in Bothaville, in the Free State Province. The plant feedstock is grain sorghum and the production methodology involves a process utilising grain milling through starch conversion to sucrose as well as fermentation and drying that ultimately culminates in the production of saleable bioethanol.
| Location | Bothaville, Free State |
| Project Development Stage | Financial Close |
| NEF Investment to Date | R61.75 million (USD4.6 million or €3.9 million) |
| NEF Equity | |
| Project Promoter | Mabele Fuels Pty Ltd |
| Projected Financial Close Requirement | R2.5 billion (USD189 million or €160 million) |
| Jobs Created | 16 700 |
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