Iowa an Epicenter of Clean Energy Movement
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) …“Iowa is rapidly becoming the development capital of the nation for the replacement of petroleum-based chemicals with bio-based chemicals,” according to a press release from the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
Currently, the state has an ethanol capacity of 3.28 billion gallons, or about 30 percent of the national production total. The state also produces 318 million gallons of biodiesel, more than 11 percent of total U.S. biodiesel production. In all, the industries have supported 70,000 jobs in the state, added $11.5 billion to the economy and generated $2.3 billion in household income.
But biofuels aren’t the only biobased products produced or being researched in that state. Biochemicals and bio-based polymers are also important contributors. READ MORE
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