Maine’s Old Town mill, former site of Red Shield project, now to produce cellulosic biobutanol

In Maine, the Old Town Fuel & Fiber mill, formerly the site of the Red Shield ethanol project, which filed for bankruptcy last November, is now the home of a biobutanol project owned by Patriarch Partners.

Patriarch has invested $40 million in the project and will produce biobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks, according to a report in Reuters.

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