Jul 24
Ethanol Plants for Tennessee & L.A.
Cellulosic ethanol plants planned in Tennessee, L.A.
Reuters
DuPont (DD) and Genencor, a unit of Denmark's Danisco, said Wednesday that they will break ground this fall on a 250,000 gallon cellulosic ethanol pilot plant in Tennessee.
Ethanol should be available from the pilot plant by December 2009, with commercial-scale production by 2012, the companies said.
The companies said the pilot plant will initially process western Tennessee corn cobs into ethanol but plans to shift to switchgrass for conversion to ethanol, working with Tennessee farmers as dedicated switchgrass suppliers.
