Sentences with phrase «commercial production of ethanol»
The recent achievements of the institute, based in southern India and with half a dozen hubs across Africa, include advances in pea hybrids and commercial production of ethanol from sweet sorghum.
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Cellulosic's slow path to commercial use Two weeks ago, INEOS Bio announced it had begun commercial production of cellulosic ethanol from yard waste in its Vero Beach, Fla., plant.
Enerkem Inc. has started the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol.
By 2012, Coskata envisions commercial production of 50 — 60 million gallons of ethanol per year, made by gasification of approximately 1,500 dry tons of biomass per day.
«The Q Microbe technology offers numerous important advantages over other ethanol - producing microorganisms, which we believe provides the operational foundation for profitable, commercial - scale cellulosic ethanol production,» Qteros chief executive John A. McCarthy Jr. said in a statement today announcing the patent, which he said «underscores the significance and the unique nature of our technology.»
Such biomass, or cellulosic, ethanol is now likely to see commercial production begin first in a facility of the Canadian company, Iogen, with backing from Shell Oil, at a cost of around $ 1.30 / gallon.
Bloomberg Businessweek explains more clearly than EPA does why the agency had to back - peddle so furiously: «The Environmental Protection Agency proposed requiring less cellulosic ethanol to be blended into gasoline next year than sought under U.S. law because production of the alternative fuel hasn't reached commercial scale.»
Investments in these next - generation ethanol pathways are being made across the United States, and are creating jobs through the construction of commercial - scale production facilities.
In recent years, the production of ethanol — a proven vehicle fuel — from cellulosic biomass, such as cereal straw or wood, has moved into the commercial demonstration phase.