cellulosic ethanol

Alternatives Highlighted As Oil Markets Lift Pump Prices

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Sammy Reiser fills his vehicle up with gas in a county where some grades of gasoline have already surpassed the $4 mark on February 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Fears of $5 per gallon gasoline are being heard as summer approaches and some feel that would hurt the economy just as an economic recovery appears to be getting traction.

The oil business is generally seen as monolithic by consumers, but parts of the industry can suffer even as rising prices boost results in other sectors. Keep reading →

 /  Published February 23, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Cellulosic Ethanol Partnership Eyes Massive Potential Market

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Commercially viable cellulosic ethanol has held revolutionary promise as a fuel source for years, and now life and materials sciences giant Royal DSM and ethanol producer POET LLC are joining up to demonstrate and license “the next step in the development of biofuels.”

The new joint venture, called POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, is scheduled to start production in the second half of 2013 at a facility called Project Liberty. The facility is currently under construction adjacent to POET’s existing corn ethanol facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa and will produce 20 million gallons of fuel in its first year before hitting an anticipated pace of 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol each year. Keep reading →

 /  Published January 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM
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