Sentences with phrase «grain ethanol plant»

Current estimates, which I documented in the afore - mentioned article, put the cost of a biomass gasification plant at about 7 times the per barrel cost of a conventional oil refinery or grain ethanol plant, and double the costs of a coal - to - liquids plant.

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Not drying distillers grains is feasible only if large beef feedlots or dairies are located near the ethanol plants....

The key factors determining carbon emissions for corn - based ethanol are (1) whether coal or natural gas is used to power the ethanol plant, (2) whether distillers grains are dried or sold wet, and (3) whether expansion of corn acreage comes mainly from reduced acreage of lower - value crops or if idled land is brought into production.

For example, a farmer in northern Iowa could plant an acre in corn that yields enough grain to produce roughly $ 1,000 worth of fuel - grade ethanol per year, or he could use that same acre to site a turbine producing $ 300,000 worth of electricity each year.

The stickiest question about ethanol is this: Does making alcohol from grain or plant waste really create any new energy?

For example, with such genetically - engineered biocatalysts it is not only grains of corn but corn cobs and most of the rest of the corn plant that may be used to make ethanol.

Although human beings have been producing ethanol, grain alcohol, from sugar and starch for millennia, it is only in recent years that the genetic engineering of biocatalysts has made possible such production from the hemicellulose and cellulose that constitute the substantial majority of the material in most plants.

In 2002, twelve Minnesota ethanol plants were fined by US Department of Justice for violation of Clean Air Act and each agreed to spend more than $ 2 million for installation of control devices to reduce air pollutants, which were caused primarily by the manufacturing of Dry Distiller Grain animal feed.

Oh, and those Panhandle Feedlots are getting better cattle feed (distillers grains) Cheaper straight from the ethanol plants than when they were feeding straight corn.

Pacific Ethanol plans to sell the Port of Morrow plant's distiller grains to dairy and feed markets throughout Oregon and Washington.

Bioethenol — Bioethenol is ethanol derived from the fermentation of plant matter (such as corn, switchgrass, grains or sugarcane).

Locally - Sourced Wheat to be Feedstock Located near Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, the Terra Grains Fuels ethanol plant has officially opened and is claiming to be the largest wheat ethanol project in North America.

Led by David Tilman, a biology professor at the University of Minnesota, the research shows that «mixtures of native perennial grasses and other flowering plants provide more usable energy per acre than corn grain ethanol or soybean biodiesel and are far better for the environment,» according to a release from the University of Minnesota.