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

April 15, 2008

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 year from wood waste, switch grass, or other waste, with a net return on energy of nearly 10 to 1 and a price at the pump of around $1.50 per gallon.

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Gulf Coast Energy to build 45 Mgy wood waste-to-ethanol project in Alabama, using gasification

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Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Producer News, The Daily Biofuel Summary