Fractionation—long considered an interesting but expensive add-on—may finally gain traction in the ethanol industry.
A mid-Atlantic company may have developed a solution for two of ethanol producers' main problems: natural gas usage and how to increase demand for their product.
Carbon dioxide must be properly developed economically in order to yield the greatest return, while the implications for an ever-warming globe and the ultimate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions must also be considered.
(Note: Throughout my 22 years with the RFA, I have benefited from the counsel of those in the industry who are on the front lines producing and marketing ethanol. Nathan Kimpel, one of the founders of the RFA and a long-time board member, is retiring soon. I thought it appropriate for him to take this space this month to share his counsel with you.—Bob Dinneen)
By Rona Johnson
August 27, 2010
While the U.S. EPA is attempting to regulate America's biomass-based power industry into oblivion, Canada is encouraging the use of straw and wood as energy sources.
Broomfield, Colo.-based cellulosic ethanol and biochemical company Range Fuels Inc. has successfully produced the first batches of cellulosic methanol at its facility near Soperton, Ga.
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