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Awarded:

Pörner applied with the project Bioethanol-Plant Pischeldorf for the Austrian Consulting Award 2007. Pörner received under 23 applicants the nomination for the Consulting Award in the category engineering consulting, on October 23.

Rating of the jury:

To reach climate protection goals it will be more and more obligatory in EU to use Bioethanol as petrol-additive. For the Bioethanol plant of AGRANA in Pischelsdorf, having an overall investment value of EUR 125 million and a capacity of 240,000 m3/a bioethanol, Pörner provided the general planning.

Starting from project development incl. support of technology selection, procurement as well as all engineering work from civil/structural engineering (performed by Pörner + Partner ZT GesmbH) through mechanical, piping, electrical and control systems up to complete partial units has been performed.

The extraordinary project development and ?processing of Pörner led to record times: an authority approval in only 7 months and an on-time commissioning in only 15 months. The US-company Katzen, technology provider for the Bioethanol-process wants to continue the cooperation with Pörner for further international projects. The jury honored the project with a nomination for the Austrian Consulting Award 2007.