The video was made to convince farmers to collect crop leftovers.
In their analysis of cellulosic ethanol made from crop residues such as corn stover [cob, leaves, stalks] using a biochemical process like we’re employing for Project LIBERTY, the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction is 130 percent in comparison to gasoline. In other words, driving your car [...]
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EPA: Cellulosic ethanol from corn residue is carbon negative
Super microbe hugely boosts cellulosic ethanol yield
Qteros, a Massachusetts company, have announced a cellulosic ethanol yield “well beyond what the U.S. Department of Energy considers the threshold for commercial production” using a newly discovered microbe.
They have done so without genetically modified the microbe that produces ethanol from non-food plant materials. Thie means the coming GMO versions of this microbes will no [...]
Shell making ethanol from straw
Shell says this is the first commercial delivery of cellulosic ethanol from a gas station. Cellulosic ethanol has the potential to be huge, as there is plenty of feedstock for it that is currently just being burned or dumped in landfills.
Plus, as the diagram shows, Shell’s process creates electricity as well as ethanol.
Corncobs as ethanol feedstock and alt coal plant fuel
Not only are harvested corncobs an excellent ethanol feedstock, removing cobs from the fields rather than plowing them under results in no substantial difference in soil nutrient content.
“This information reinforces previous research showing that corncobs are a sustainable, environmentally friendly feedstock for producing cellulosic ethanol, and removing them from the field will not alter soil [...]
Ethanol from garbage
A proposed $100 million project from Bluefire Ethanol at a garbage dump in Lancaster CA will be the world’s first commercial scale garbage-to-ethanol facility.
The facility will process 170 tons of garbage a day to produce 3.7 million gallons of ethanol a year. Estimated cost per gallon: about $2.
GMO yeast speeds cellulosic ethanol production
Researchers have modified baker’s yeast using recombinant DNA so it breaks down agricultural wastes into ethanol faster and easier than previously, something that could be a major breakthrough. The chief researcher and company president said she’s been working on this for three decades and expects commercial production within three years.
This is not ethanol from corn, [...]
Shell plans commercial-scale biofuel from non-food sources
A pilot project to create super enzymes as catalysts to break down agricultural waste to create biofuel went so well that Shell plans to do it on a commercial scale.
One major fuelstock here would be the leftovers from corn, the husk and the ears. Right now, most of the energy, water, fertilizer, etc. that goes [...]
Fill ‘er up with beer sludge, please
The highly portable E-Fuel 100 MicroFueler takes beer yeast leftovers from a local brewery and turns it into ethanol.
Cellulosic ethanol output could “explode”
Bioreactor for cellulosic ethanol
Ethanol production from wood chips, grass and other plant material could “explode” by 2012 if a commercialized facility to produce the second generation of biofuels is successful, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said on Thursday.
Cellulosic ethanol can be made from manufacturing and food processing leftovers, from plants like switchgrass that are grown [...]
Ethanol from corn cobs
Project LIBERTY is how POET, the largest producer of ethanol in the world, will commercialize the production of cellulosic ethanol from corn cobs. This video explains how it will happen. For more information, go to http://www.projectliberty.com or http://www.poet.com
The video is aimed at farmers, getting them onboard with collecting their cobs so they can be turned [...]
Qteros announces 15x improvement in cellulosic ethanol yield
Moreover, they just got $25 million in funding from investors including George Soros and big oil.
Qteros can use woody biomass and fast-growing grasses as feedstocks. The company says its patented Q Microbe technology is naturally able to convert different forms of plant material directly into ethanol in a period of about four days.
The potential for [...]
Ethanol from landfill waste
This BlueFire Ethanol video is maybe a bit heavy on the self-promotion, but explains clearly how ethanol can be produced from landfill waste, which is a double win because you get the ethanol and it frees up space in the landfill.
Cellulosic ethanol plant opens
A demonstration cellulosic ethanol refinery capable of creating 1.4 million gallons a year of ethanol from sugar cane waste has opened in Louisiana. It’s built by Verenium who plans new plants producing 20-30 million gallons a year.
Next-generation cellulosic ethanol plants
Cellulosic ethanol is made from the fibers of plants. It does not require the use of cropland.
Switchgrass is the major biomass material being studied today, due to its high levels of cellulose. Cellulose, however, is contained in nearly every natural, free-growing plant, tree, and bush, in meadows, forests, and fields all over the world without [...]
