Friday, August 15, 2008

Gas from Corn?

A company called Poet is working on research and development of a pilot facility that will produce 20,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol. This biofuel is made from corn cobs and the fibers from corn. They are also looking into using other plant residuals to produce cellulosic ethanol. The company is hoping by 2011 to have a large scale commercial plant open.

Read more at http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10016209-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech.