GreenWood Resources to supply poplar to ZeaChem, Oregon cellulosic ethanol plant

February 18, 2008

In Oregon, GreenWood Resources announced that it will to supply poplar for ZeaChem’s 1.5 Mgy cellulosic ethanol plant. The companies said that they will expand the relationship to accommodate capacity increases by ZeaChem.

North Carolina State, Oregon State receive $3.4 million in cellulosic ethanol feedstock research grants

The USDA has awarded $1 million to a research team from North Carolina State University to develop genetically modified trees for ethanol production. The target trees were not indicated but poplar is ...

Cellulosic ethanol producer ZeaChem projects $1.50 per gallon ethanol at the pump

In California, ZeaChem said that its cellulosic process can produce up to 160 gallons of ethanol per ton of biomass, and that a farm with a radius of eight miles could produce 300 Mgy of ethanol per y...

Today in Biofuels: Science magazine article respondents bite back; China facing food crisis

Top Story:In Washington, biofuels associations and academics continued to respond to Science magazine articles published last week that condemned US biofuel production efforts. The Argonne National La...

USDA, DOE award $11 million for 10 advanced biofuels genetic projects: switchgrass, miscanthus, sunflower, poplar in focus

The Department of Energy and the USDA jointly announced $11 million in funding for 10 genetic research projects aimed at accelerating cellulosic feedstock development. The DOE will provide $8.8 millio...

Research projects 1000 gallons of ethanol per acre at less than $1 per gallon from poplar trees

In Washington state, a Washington State University researcher received a federal grant for his studies on converting poplar trees to ethanol.Â Preliminary research showed yields of up to 1000 gallo...

USDA awards $884,000 to Washington state research team for production of petro-like phenols in poplar trees

In Washington State, the USDA awarded $840,000 to a Washington State University research team to develop means of generating phenols in poplar trees. Phenols have similar properties to petrochemicals....

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