West Biofuels to debut pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol plant using wood chips as feedstock

July 1, 2008

In California, West Biofuels announced that it will debut its 182,000 pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, using five tons of wood chips per day for feedstock, or a conversion ratio of 100 gallons per ton of biomass. The pilot scale plant cost $2 million and is supported by a University of California research team.

2nd generation biodiesel plant to open in Germany: 57 Mgy plant uses wood waste products as feedstock; four more planned

In Germany, Choren Industries announced that it will build a 57 Mgy biodiesel plant in Schwedt. The plant, which will open in late 2010, will use a second-generation process, called biomass-to-liquid,...

Cellulosic ethanol comes to Minnesota: fuel from wood chips

In Minnesota, SunOpta announced plans to build a 10 Mgy cellulosic ethanol plant in Little Falls. The company said it will joint venture with Central Minnesota Ethanol Co-op and will be built next to ...

Shell president says company is “investing and believes in cellulosic ethanol”; says Shell is researching algae

The president of Shell said that his company is investing and believes in cellulosic ethanol. John Hofmeister said that in 10 to 20 years, the company would produce fuel from waste products, wood chip...

Brazil to open first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant by 2011

In Brazil, Sugar Cane Technology Center research leaders said that Brazil would enter the cellulosic ethanol industry at the commercial-scale with a first plant opened as soon as 2011. The proposed pl...

Coskata to build demonstration-scale facility in Illinois; to produce $1 per gallon cellolosic ethanol

In Illinois, Coskata announced that they will build their 40,000 gallon demonstration plant for cellulosic ethanol in Madison. The company's process heats raw materials to 17800 degrees fahrenheit, th...

Enerkem to complete demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant; uses old telephone poles as feedstock

In Canada, Enerkem announced that it expects to complete construction this fall on its 1.5 Mgy demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Quebec. The company will produce cellulosic ethanol from ...

Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Producer News