Monday, June 27, 2011

DuPont subsidiary tabs Iowa land for commercial cellulosic-ethanol plant; pronounce this 'Nevada'

The increasing likelihood that ethanol will lose one or both of its federal tax breaks does not appear to have slowed plans for another plant to make ethanol from cellulose instead of grain. DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol has agreed to buy land in Iowa for "one of the world’s first commercial-scale biorefineries to produce fuel-grade ethanol from cellulose," the company announced today.

The plant will be at Nevada, pronounced "nuh-VAY-dah." The subsidiary of E.I. duPont deNemours and Co. also announced a program with Iowa State University in nearby Ames to collect the feedstock for the plant: dried corn cobs, stalks and leaves left after grain harvesting. The company said it is making cellulosic ethanol "economically" at a pilot plant in Vonore, Tenn. (Read more)

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