JA Energy has recently completed the construction of its Modular Distillation Unit. The MDU consists of an array of components, storage tanks, equipment, controls, and electrical installed in a single 40-feet long by 8-feet wide steel shipping container that provides a decentralized production of ethanol. This self-contained, climate controlled modular ethanol distillation system can be placed near a sugar producing crop which will be able to convert that crop into ethanol as well as provide energy to the local community.

The MDU has the capability to produce, approximately 1,500 gallons per week of ethanol through a process of fermentation and distillation. The MDU can also produce approximately 560 gallons of stillage (e.g., residual water) a day. The stillage can contain multiple nutrients and can be used to water crops, enhance the efficiencies of anaerobic digesters, or as a growth medium in hydroponic greenhouses.

Use of multiple fermentation tanks allows for a daily harvest of ethanol and stillage. The MDU also can create approximately 1,650 pounds per day of carbon dioxide and can be diverted into a greenhouse to significantly increase crop production. The MDU can be enclosed in a single shipping container that can be shipped to and operated in most parts of the world.

The modular system can be coupled to other modular systems or a solar concentrator system to produce electricity. Now that the MDU has been constructed, the company is in the proof of concept portion of the project. Management is testing and validating the MDU.

Once testing and validation are complete, the Company plans to commercialize the Unit on a worldwide basis.