Yale Environment 360: The U.S. Department of Energy plans to make a $105 million loan guarantee to support the expansion of an Iowa ethanol factory into the nation’s first commercial-scale plant to convert corn waste into motor fuel. The Emmetsburg, Iowa plant, which is being built by Poet LLC, will convert corncobs, leaves, and husks rather than edible corn into about 25 million gallons of ethanol annually. If such production of cellulosic ethanol proves economically viable, it would reduce the use of corn for ethanol,......
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Iowa Plant Receives U.S. Backing To Convert Corn Waste into Motor Fuel
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 7th, 2011
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