Environmental Engineering Reference
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Ta b l e 1
Current DOE funded commercial and demonstration scale cellulosic biofuel projects
Company
Project Location
Capacity (MMG)
Feedstock
Conversion Technology
Startup
Abengoa Bioenergy
Hugoton, KS
Ethanol 11.4
Wheat straw, sorghum stubble,
switchgrass; 700 t/d
Biochemical and Thermochemical
2011
BlueFire Ethanol, Inc.
Corona, CA
Ethanol 19
Green waste, wood waste, municipal
cellulose waste; 700 t/d
Concentrated acid
2009
Mascoma Corp.
Kinross, MI
Ethanol 40
Wood chips and waste
Biochemical
2011
POET
Emmetburg, IA
Ethanol
∼
30,
corn fiber, cob, stover; 842 t/d
Biochemical
2011
Range Fuels
Soperton, GA
Ethanol 40;
methanol, 9
Wood residue, chips. 1200 t/d
Gasification, catalytic reaction
2011
Ecofin LLC
Nicholasville, KY Ethanol 1; others
corn cob
Solid fermentation
2010
Flambeau River
Biofuels LLC
Park Falls, WI
Diesel 6
paper mill and forest residues
Gasification + Fischer-Tropsch
2010
ICM
St. Joseph, MO
Ethanol 1.5
Corn fiber, corn stover, switchgrass
and sorghum
Biochemical + thermochemical
2010
Lignol Innovations
Grand Junction,
CO
Ethanol 2.0;
Lignin, furfural
Soft and hard wood residue
Organolv-biochemical
2012
NewPage
Wisconsin Rapids,
WI
Diesel 5.5
Mill residues, wood chips
Gasification + Fischer-Tropsch
2010
Pacific Ethanol
Boardman, OR
Ethanol 2.7; H
2
,
methane etc.
Wheat straw, corn stover
and poplar residue
DTU biogasol technology
2009
RSE Pulp and
Chemical
LLC
Old Town, ME
Ethanol 2.2
Extracted hemicellulose
during pulping
Fermentation
2010
Verenium
Jennings, LA
Methanol 1.4
Bagasse, wood waste, , energy
crops, etc.
Dilute acid, biochemical
2009
Sources:
http://www.energy.gov/media/ProjectOverview.pdf
and
http://www.energy.gov/media/Biofuels_Project_Locations.pdf
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