Range Fuels selects AMEC for construction, engineering of cellulosic ethanol gasification plant

In Georgia, Range Fuels selected AMEC to provide engineering and construction management services for the company’s 10 Mgy demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.

Range will utilize wood waste from local forest operations near the Soperton location, using a two step gasification process to convert biomass into syngas and then into ethanol. The plant is scheduled for completion by the first quarter of 2010.

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