Tag cellulosic ethanol

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…

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…

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…