Biofuels Digest reports that Chevron and Mascoma have joined into a cellulosic ethanol feedstock supply chain and processing agreement in New Hampshire. Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) will provide lignocellulosic feedstock to biofuels startup Mascoma which will then use its innovative technology to convert the feedstock into ethanol. Lignin is a by-product of Mascoma’s ethanol from [...]
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29 Apr
Biofuels in Transition
Scott Kohl, Ph.D. Technical Director, ICM, Inc. Notes from: Advanced Biofuels Summit; Washington, DC; April 20-21, 2009 ICM has 100 ethanol plants today. Energy required and fuel produced. When we started making fuel from grain in 1975, the fuel yield per bushel was 2 gallons. It took 100,000 BTU’s per gallon – more energy than [...]
