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"CELLULOSIC ETHANOL COST-COMPETITIVE AROUND 2013/14" - CEO SEKAB  -  22 Oct 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Sekab, the largest ethanol producer in Sweden, currently has a pilot plant to produce cellulosic ethanol. 'We plan to have a development plant that is 40 to

Brazil's Sugar Cane Ethanol Gets A Boost From IMF Report  -  22 Oct 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,Sugar-cane ethanol and cellulosic ethanol also had far fewer greenhouse emissions, per kilometer traveled, than corn ethanol. For its study, the IMF assumed

Study Backs Consumer Desires To Use More Renewable Fuels  -  22 Oct 2007
Earthtimes,Reaching the goal is contingent on commercial introduction of cellulosic ethanol conversion and the development of an energy-dedicated crop economy with

EYES ON THE ROAD  -  22 Oct 2007
Wall Street JournalMeanwhile, distilling cellulosic ethanol fuels from grasses or wood chips is all the rage in green technology circles. But Grant Heffelfinger, Sandia's

Conner Wants Action On Farm Bill  -  22 Oct 2007
Michigan Farmer,Those proposals include strong soil conservation and rural development programs, increased funds for bioenergy research on cellulosic ethanol and biomass

Syngenta agrees Aussie biofuels tie-up  -  22 Oct 2007
ShareCast,...“This broadens Syngenta's biofuels strategy into new crops and speeds up our development of biomass conversion technologies to make cellulosic ethanol

Farm Bill Crucial for US Renewable Policy  -  22 Oct 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,We can't just expect to "turn the switch" on for energy crops once cellulosic ethanol technology is viable. Energy crops can advance toward market reality

DAN WALLACH: Institute's problems with cellulosic ethanol is ...  -  Oct 20, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise,By DAN WALLACH, The Enterprise The Institute for Energy Research released an essay last week that takes issue with the idea of cellulosic ethanol,

US senators offer stand-alone ethanol fuel bill  -  Oct 18, 2007
Reuters UK,...would raise the US renewable fuel standard to 18 billion gallons by 2016, including 3 billion gallons from advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol.

BlueFire Ethanol Selected for Federal Support of Innovative ...  -  Oct 16, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe facility will produce approximately 17 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year from green waste, wood waste and other cellulosic urban wastes.

Cellulosic ethanol firm might build in SD  -  Oct 18, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,By Ben Shouse An enzyme company involved in the quest to make ethanol from cellulose might build a new production facility in South Dakota.

Conner Supports Cellulosic Ethanol  -  Oct 17, 2007
Hoosier Ag Today,Conner called ethanol, including the emerging field of cellulosic ethanol,� a pioneering industry that will change history." The Otterbein, Indiana native

In Microbe, Vast Power For Biofuel  -  Oct 17, 2007
Washington Post,It is VeraSun's first investment in the next generation of ethanol, known as cellulosic ethanol, made from switch grass, wood chips and other plant fibers.

Ethanol Conspiracy Theories Ignore Fuel's Legitimate Shortcomings  -  Oct 18, 2007
Earthtimes,Throughout that time, cellulosic ethanol has always been "right around the corner." We should be looking to innovators and entrepreneurs to develop the next

Abengoa Bioenergy Opens Pilot Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in York, NE  -  Oct 16, 2007
Grainnet,The pilot plant will produce 80 gallons per day of cellulosic ethanol, Salgado said, utilizing one ton of wheat straw daily.

Bio-fuels using corn may not be the answer  -  Oct 20, 2007
Columbus Telegram,However, USDA's latest report on cellulosic ethanol sends a message to farmers that there is little hope for a boom on the horizon.

Cellulose touted for making ethanol  -  Oct 17, 2007
Crain's Detroit Business,Corn-based ethanol decreases greenhouse gases by 52 percent compared with gasoline; cellulosic ethanol decreases it by 86 percent.

Texas A&M, Ceres To Develop Sorghum For Cellulosic Ethanol  -  Oct 1, 2007
CNNMoney.comLegitimate strides have been made in commercialization of alternative fuels such as cellulosic ethanol during the past two years, with Mascoma Corp. saying

Texas A&M University to Commercialize Bioenergy Discoveries  -  Oct 17, 2007
Environment News ServiceCellulosic ethanol production currently exists at the pilot and commercial demonstration scale, and research is still needed to unlock the sugars and make

York plant experimenting with cellulosic ethanol  -  Oct 14, 2007
NTV,Robb says the company hopes to use the research from the York plant as the foundation for new cellulosic ethanol facilities, and to sell the research to

Commercially Available Cellulosic Fuel by 2012  -  Oct 18, 2007
Hoosier Ag Today,..."We‘ve committed up cellulosic ethanol biorefineries," Mizroch said adding that these are slated to be both large-scale and pilot plants. ethanol to the

REMARKS BY ACTING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE CHUCK CONNER AT THE ...  -  Oct 19, 2007
USDA.gov (press release),And while scientific breakthroughs are critical to the future of cellulosic ethanol—the industry must build a sound business model as well.

Engineers Hope To Build Better Roads By Using Ethanol Co-products  -  Oct 16, 2007
DentalPlans.com,An Iowa State University research team is studying how lignin, the glue that holds plant fibers together and a co-product of cellulosic ethanol production,

Poet making cellulosic ethanol happen quickly  -  Oct 10, 2007
Brownfield,...by Peter Shinn The nation’s largest single ethanol producer, Poet Companies of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is bullish on cellulosic ethanol.

SD: Ethanol Plant Pact Signed  -  Oct 4, 2007
CNNMoney.comPoet is slated to receive up to $80 million in grant money, which is part of the Bush administration's goal of making cellulosic ethanol competitive by 2012

Ag Coalition Calls On Congress To Rein In Ethanol Standard  -  Oct 16, 2007
CattleNetwork.com,If Congress chooses to increase the RFS for cellulosic ethanol, the law should be clear that this portion of the mandate is to be met only with

Europe wants creative ways to boost biofuels industry  -  Oct 18, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,It is among six cellulosic ethanol projects nationwide awarded a total of $385 million. Congress also is considering additional assistance to private

POET says Iowa plant to make cellulosic by 2011  -  Oct 5, 2007
ReutersNEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters) - US private ethanol company POET said that by 2011 an Iowa plant it is converting will produce cellulosic ethanol,

Snow: More information needed on alternative fuels  -  Oct 18, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel,I learn that Mascoma Corp. and UT are teaming up to build and operate the country's first cellulosic ethanol biorefinery. I discover that the project will

POET to present at Cellulosic Ethanol Summit  -  Oct 8, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,Doug Berven, Director of Corporate Affairs for POET, will discuss progress POET has made toward the development of cellulosic ethanol technologies and

New tensions accompany promise of alternative fuels  -  Oct 18, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,Cellulosic: Ethanol from biomass - switchgrass, cornstalks, wood waste and other plant matter - would answer many critics' concerns about corn ethanol.

Cambridge firm partners on switchgrass-to-ethanol facility Mass ...  -  Sep 28, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...to establish what executives say would be the country's first operational facility to produce cellulosic ethanol utilizing switchgrass as feedstock.

Eye on Minnesota  -  Oct 16, 2007
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce,The company is considering a new facility because of promising developments in the production of second generation, or cellulosic, ethanol.

RFA President Dineen Says America's Energy Future at Crossroads  -  Oct 16, 2007
Grainnet,Washington, DC--Serving as the chairman of the “Cellulosic Ethanol Summit� being held Oct. 16 and 17 in Washington, DC, Renewable Fuels Association

Poet gets US$80 million grant for cellulosic ethanol project  -  Oct 5, 2007
EnergyCurrent,USA: Poet, the largest corn-based ethanol producer in the US, finalised an agreement to build one of the country's first commercial cellulosic ethanol

Is Cellulosic Ethanol Really the Fuel of the Future?  -  Oct 4, 2007
PR Web (press release),Dr Bill Widmer, Research Chemist, USDA / ARS will start the analysis of the cellulosic ethanol industry with his discourse on Ethanol and Other Bio-Products

Turning a cellulosic corner  -  Oct 12, 2007
Grand Island Independent,By Mark Coddington YORK The emergence of cellulosic ethanol has been a long time coming a real long time. "I've been doing this for 30 years," said Todd

RFA: Cellulosic Ethanol Close to Becoming Reality  -  Oct 2, 2007
AgWebSeeking to educate Capitol Hill staff, administration officials and members of the media about the realities of cellulosic ethanol production in the United

Move to Replace Oil with Ethanol Portends Bright Future for Wood ...  -  Sep 30, 2007
Pallet Enterprise,Energy experts believe cellulosic ethanol will outperform corn-based ethanol in the marketplace within the next 20 years, making it the best option for a

BlueFire Ethanol CEO to Discuss Green Waste-to-Ethanol at ...  -  Oct 2, 2007
Market Wire (press release)The facility will produce approximately 17 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year from municipal solid waste. In addition to the El Sobrante project

Inconvenient Corrections Al Gore's Wacky Facts  -  Oct 16, 2007
CounterPunch,Last year, Gore told Grist magazine that cellulosic ethanol would "be a huge new source of energy, particularly for the transportation sector.

BlueFire cellulostic ethanol plant gets its first federal funding  -  Oct 9, 2007
Central Valley Business Times,The facility was designated to demonstrate the “economic feasibility and environmental superiority of producing cellulosic ethanol from post-sorted green

Scientists Develop Fast-Growing Sorghum for Biofuel  -  Oct 10, 2007
Environment News ServiceHe says new technologies are making it possible to utilize the carbohydrates found in plant cell walls, called cellulose, to make cellulosic ethanol.

Senate expected to take up farm bill in two weeks  -  Oct 18, 2007
Sioux City Journal,Part of the biofuels funding will promote cellulosic ethanol, which can be made from materials like switchgrass and woodchips. Harkin said it will help spur

Zoning board approves wood ethanol variance  -  Oct 19, 2007
Chester News,Cellulosic ethanol has never been tried on a large scale commercial basis, according to Hal Stone, existing industry coordinator at the Chester County

Mascoma Corporation To Build Switchgrass Cellulosic Ethanol Plant  -  Oct 1, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,...last week announced that it intends to establish an operating facility producing cellulosic ethanol utilizing switchgrass as feedstock.

Du Pont goes in search of greener pastures  -  Oct 16, 2007
Globe and Mail,..."It's just like beer making," Mr. Lee acknowledges as he describes the process of turning corn waste into a high-octane cellulosic ethanol.

October brings pheasants and farm bill  -  Oct 17, 2007
Black Hills Pioneer,Earlier this year I unveiled bipartisan legislation to spur the production of cellulosic ethanol. My proposal was adopted in the Farm Bill passed by the

The cellulosic ethanol roadmap from Mascoma's CEO  -  Sep 25, 2007
CNet News.com BlogCellulosic ethanol, a car fuel made out of forest scraps and prairie grasses, is coming, but there are a lot of hurdles to still overcome,

Business Leader Says Prepare Now for Next Generation Ethanol ...  -  Oct 10, 2007
KCRG,The Genencor CEO said so-called cellulosic ethanol is the future and a way to diffuse the current "food versus fuel' debate that has seen corn prices rise

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