Friday, February 16, 2007

Cellulosic Ethanol Demonstration Biorefinery under Construction

AgWeb:
2/16/2007
"The Celunol facility in Jennings is the first demonstration plant under construction in the U.S."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Jennings facility is based on a subsidized raw material (sugarcane). Therefore, it will not be a viable long term project. Pine wood chips is a much better alternative.

Jeff Goettemoeller said...

This ethanol refinery will used the cellulosic material left over from sugar production. This material is underutilized in the U.S. today, so this is a step in the right direction. We will need to use other materials as time goes on, and this technology will allow such an expansion.