Jakey
12-10-2007, 12:23 PM
Couple of good articles on cellulosic ethanol:
http://www.doe.gov/news/4827.htm
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19714/
One of my roommates from last year is now working as one of the project leads on this:
Broin Companies of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, up to $80 million.
The plant is in Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County), Iowa, and after expansion, it will produce 125 million gallons of ethanol per year, of which roughly 25percent will be cellulosic ethanol. For feedstock in the production of cellulosic ethanol, the plant expects to use 842 tons per day of corn fiber, cobs, and stalks.
Broin Companies participants include: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Novozymes North America, Inc.; and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
My other former roommate had this at his M.S. project and is now at John Deere continuing work on biomass harvesting:
http://www.farm-news.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=5664
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/articles/2007/11/01/top_stories/02bioecon2.txt
The future of ethanol is going to be interesting. There is currently an oversupply so prices have tanked, and as a result, some plants have closed (or new ones ceased construction) and others are merging:
http://www.farm-news.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=5680
http://www.doe.gov/news/4827.htm
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19714/
One of my roommates from last year is now working as one of the project leads on this:
Broin Companies of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, up to $80 million.
The plant is in Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County), Iowa, and after expansion, it will produce 125 million gallons of ethanol per year, of which roughly 25percent will be cellulosic ethanol. For feedstock in the production of cellulosic ethanol, the plant expects to use 842 tons per day of corn fiber, cobs, and stalks.
Broin Companies participants include: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Novozymes North America, Inc.; and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
My other former roommate had this at his M.S. project and is now at John Deere continuing work on biomass harvesting:
http://www.farm-news.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=5664
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/articles/2007/11/01/top_stories/02bioecon2.txt
The future of ethanol is going to be interesting. There is currently an oversupply so prices have tanked, and as a result, some plants have closed (or new ones ceased construction) and others are merging:
http://www.farm-news.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=5680