Southeast US Offers Huge Energy Crop Potential

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June 30, 2011

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by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. Southeast is ripe for energy crop development, according to several panelists who spoke during a session devoted to next-generation feedstock strategies June 28 at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Indianapolis.
Bob Randle, vice president of business development at Tennessee-based Genera Energy LLC, said he’s “a corn guy from way back when,” but realizes corn ethanol is peaking out and areas of the country that might not be ideal for corn production offer perfect conditions for energy crops.
…The company is partnered with DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC for its demonstration-scale facility in Vonore, Tenn., which uses switchgrass grown on a 6,000-acre plot in the state, but Randle said Genera does not plan to limit its commercial strategy to switchgrass only.
Energy crop seed developer Ceres Inc. is also focusing on the Southeast for energy crop development and has been working on switchgrass projects as well as several sorghum varieties, according to Frank Hardimon, Ceres’ director of sales. READ MORE

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