Atlanta Firm Launches Cellulosic Ethanol Project in Michigan
by James Cartledge (BrighterEnergy.org) Atlanta company American Process Incorporated has started work on a waste-to-ethanol biorefinery at Alpena, Michigan. The company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site last week, attended by Michigan Governor Jennifer M Granholm.
The project is supported by a $17.9 million federal grant from the US Department of Energy and a $4 million grant from the State of Michigan, designating it as a bioenergy Center of Energy Excellence.
Located at the Decorative Panels International hardwood plant in Alpena, the API biorefinery will turn wood waste into around 890,000 gallons cellulosic ethanol each year.
API, which has invested $10 million into the plant, believes its process has the potential to be replicated across the state in other biorefineries, pulp and paper mills, and food and agricultural processing plants. READ MORE and MORE (Ethanol Producer Magazine)
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