cellulosic ethanol
Valero Energy Corporation, the nation’s largest independent oil refiner and a leading ethanol producer, and New Hampshire-based biofuels company Mascoma Corporation have launched a joint venture to build a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in the town of Kinross on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have engineered a superior strain of yeast that can rapidly ferment ethanol from pretreated pine.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently committed itself to providing $105 million in loan guarantees to Project Liberty, an Emmetsville, Iowa-based ethanol plant which will produce cellulosic biofuel from field waste left behind after corn is harvested.
The U.S. Senate has voted to not only eliminate billions of dollars in subsidies for the country's ethanol industry, but also decided to rescind tariffs against imported ethanol.
Last month INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB) secured a US$75 million loan guarantee from the United States Department of Agriculture - the last piece of financing it needed to move forward with plans to build the U.S.' first commercial scale waste to biofue
DuPont/Danisco said Wednesday it has chosen Iowa over Nebraska in which to build a cellulosic ethanol plant by 2013. The company said the plant would be in Story County or Webster County, but has not released production objectives or other details.
A new report [pdf] conducted by Impact DataSource shows POET's Project LIBERTY could generate as much as US$37.8 billion in economic activity over the next 20 years.
While the ethanol subsidy debate rages in Washington, D.C., the big oil and chemical companies continue their small experiments into next-generation biofuels.
The politics of biofuel subsidies are on full boil in Washington, D.C.
