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Myriant Starts Up Succinic Acid Plant

by Michael McCoy
June 24, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 25

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Myriant’s new succinic acid plant in Louisiana.
This is a photo of Myriant’s plant in Lake Providence, La.
Credit: Myriant
Myriant’s new succinic acid plant in Louisiana.

Myriant says it has successfully started biobased succinic acid production at its plant in Lake Providence, La. Partly funded via $50 million from a cost-sharing agreement with the Department of Energy and $25 million from a USDA loan guarantee program, the plant has the capacity to produce 30 million lb per year of the intermediate chemical from sugar. Myriant is already making demonstration quantities of succinic acid in Leuna, Germany.

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