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Cellulosic Ethanol = $2 / Gallon

  • 13-08-2011 8:30am
    #1
    zod
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    Interesting.. didnt realise this technology was advanced enough to go into production.
    Project LIBERTY will be POET's first commercial-scale, cellulosic ethanol plant. Scheduled to begin operations in Iowa in 2013, it will produce 25 million gallons of ethanol per year from corncobs, leaves and husks, provided by farmers in the area around Emmetsburg, Iowa.

    The plant will share infrastructure with the adjacent POET Biorefining -- Emmetsburg. Roads, land and other features will be shared, and the co-product from the cellulosic ethanol process will be biogas, enough to power both ethanol plants.

    POET will expand cellulosic ethanol production within the POET network and license the technology to other ethanol producers. We will also work to tweak the technology so that it works for other forms of biomass, like grasses or woodchips. Altogether, POET plans to be involved in the production of 3.5 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol.

    Video here : http://www.poet.com/innovation/cellulosic/projectliberty/index.asp


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  • #2
    Macha
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    Is there much of this in Ireland?


  • #3
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    Macha wrote: »
    Is there much of this in Ireland?

    OP started the same thread in Farming

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056355841

    As you can see the problem in Ireland seems to be getting enough of the same raw material waste from crops in Ireland rather than growing a crop specifically to produce ethanol otherwise you just drive food prices up.


  • #4
    Macha
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    True, we don't have the same level of crop production even relative to our land mass.

    I think anaerobic digestion is a better solution for Ireland.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    how much of the price of the corn husks will have been paid for by subsidies ?

    how much fossil fuel is used to grow the corn, transport, fertilizers, and other inputs as well as the energy used in processing ?


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