ZeaChem Says 2,000 Gallon Per Acre Threshold in Sight for its Cellulosic Ethanol Process
Submitted by admin on July 28, 2009 – 4:17 pmNo Comment
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Montreal, ZeaChem, … confirmed that it is on track to complete a demonstration-scale plant in Boardman, Oregon where yields of more than 2,000 gallons per acre per year can be achieved. … Why the high yields – that approach the yields associate with microcrops such as algae? It’s a combination of a 135 gallonsper dry ton yield from ZeaChem’s process, plus the use of fast-growing biomass such as poplar which can be sustainably harvested at 15 bone-dry tons of biomass per acre per year. READ MORE
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