May 05, 2010
Project LIBERTY to use 770 Tons of Biomass Daily for Cellulosic Ethanol (Hoosier Ag Today)
POET will outline its progress in establishing biomass supply and logistics for projects such as commercial cellulosic ethanol production this week at the 2010 International BIOMASS Conference & Expo in Minneapolis, Minn.
POET Director of Biomass Mike Roth will speak on the topic Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the main auditorium at the Minneapolis Convention Center. His speech is the first of the session under the topic "Feedstocks: Determining Economic and Logistical Availability."
Establishing the feedstock supply chain is one of the biggest challenges in commercializing cellulosic ethanol. POET is currently securing contracts from local farmers in the Emmetsburg, Iowa-area for the first commercial harvest for Project LIBERTY.
POET’s Project Liberty is a planned 25 million-gallons-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg...
