Wyo. Plant Turns Sugar Cane Waste Into Biofuel
by Bob Moen (AP) Wyoming is a long way from places where sugar cane is grown, but a test plant in the northeast part of the state will soon be turning sugar cane waste into biofuel.
KL Energy Corp., based in Rapid City, S.D., and Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras announced an agreement Tuesday to produce cellulosic ethanol from sugar cane bagasse, the waste created when sugar cane is processed into sugar.
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The company plans to build plants near the source of the material to be converted into ethanol and other byproducts that can be sold. The plants would be smaller in size and production than the huge plants envisioned by most in the fledgling biofuels industry. But the plants would be cheaper to build and would save on transportation costs by staying near the source material.
The company plans to build plants near the source of the material to be converted into ethanol and other byproducts that can be sold. The plants would be smaller in size and production than the huge plants envisioned by most in the fledgling biofuels industry. But the plants would be cheaper to build and would save on transportation costs by staying near the source material. READ MORE
