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How is cellulosic ethanol made? As with producing ethanol from grain, processing cellulosic sources extracts the fermentable sugars from the feedstock for distillation into alcohol. Unlike in grain, the sugars in cellulose are locked in complex carbohydrates called polysaccharides, or long chains of simple sugars. Separating these complex structures into fermentable sugars is essential to the efficient and economical production of cellulosic ethanol.
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Homemade Ethanol
| December 31st, 2008 03:11 PM
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Chemicals slammed in 2008 by energy, credit woes - San Francisco Examiner
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The chemical industry entered 2008 hoping several major acquisitions would cut costs and improve efficiency. Then oil prices spiked, the financial industry imploded, credit markets froze and the U.S. sank deeper into a recession making it difficult ...
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| December 30th, 2008 04:53 PM
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Brazil ethanol sales pass petrol - The Age
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Ethanol sales for 2008 for the first time are outpacing those of gasoline in Brazil, a top ethanol producer, the National Petroleum Agency reported Tuesday. The figures only take into account sales of hydrated ethanol that can be used in its pure ...
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Beattie promises cheaper fuel with ethanol plan
Petrol produced in Queensland will have to contain 5 or 10 per cent ethanol under a scheme unveiled today by Premier Peter Beattie. The Opposition says the Government has failed in previous opportunities to support an ethanol mandate, but Mr Beattie says there are constitutional problems with mandating the sale of ethanol-blended fuel. So he has come up with another idea - forcing oil companies to include it at the production stage in Queensland. He says that way non-ethanol petrol produced elsewhere could still be sold. "We believe that legally we're on good grounds, we believe that because the price of oil is as high as it is petrol and oil companies are not really in a great position to argue with us publicly," he said. Earlier Mr Beattie was ambushed by Nationals MP Rob Messenger as he arrived in Bundaberg for a day of campaigning on water and health.
Broin Companies to Build $100 Million Ethanol Plant in Leipsic ...
Broin Companies recently announced that it has selected Leipsic, Ohio, as the location for Summit Ethanol LLC, an ethanol production facility. The $100 million project is expected to create 41 jobs within the first three years of operation. The facility is expected to utilize 21 million bushels of corn annually, much of it grown in Ohio. At full capacity, this operation is expected to produce up to 60 million gallons of ethanol each year. Summit is a premier partner plant of the Broin Companies, which has constructed 23 ethanol production facilities in five states, with nine others currently under construction or development. The Broin Companies is the second largest ethanol producer in the U.S., focused on highly specialized and integrated technology development, production, management and marketing company in the ethanol industry.
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