Anyone know who the folks in NYC who are doing the Garbage Cellulosic process are?
James Slayden On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Appal Energy wrote: > Wednesday, November 27, 2002 > > Forestry, flax seen as ethanol options > > Karen Briere, The Western Producer > > People may argue about whether Saskatchewan ethanol plants will > use local wheat or imported corn, but one expert says neither > feedstock is the best option. > > Keith Hutchence, senior research scientist at the Saskatchewan > Research Council's petroleum branch, says he'd like to see > ethanol plants that use cellulose feedstock. > > "There's lots of cellulosic waste around," Hutchence said. > > That includes about one million tonnes of flax straw that is > burned every year, and several million tonnes of sawdust, bark > and branches that are produced by the forestry industry and are > becoming an environmental problem. > > Hemp is a good multipurpose crop that would provide another > source of feedstock from the cellulose fibre in the stalks. > > The industry is a few years away from using more of these types > of plants, but Hutchence said it is the way of the future. > > "We're limited to how much we can produce from grain without > starting to disturb the grain market," he said. > > As a scientist, Hutchence likes the idea of more ethanol > production, but as a farmer, he is concerned that proponents will > get carried away thinking a larger cattle industry, spurred by > ethanol, will save the rural economy. > > Two Manitoba agricultural economists have written that the > ethanol industry in that province would rely on cheaper imported > corn because there isn't enough feed in the Prairies to supply > the growing livestock industry and ethanol plants. > > However, officials in Saskatchewan say they wouldn't be building > plants in the province if they didn't think there was sufficient > feedstock. > > Hutchence added that cellulosic plants will offer alternative > benefits. > > "One of the few cellulose plants operating right now is eating up > New York garbage," he said. > > Hutchence is not the only proponent of cellulose-based > production. > > Iogen Corp., an Ottawa-based biotech company, has been promoting > cellulose-based production for several years. > > Iogen officials calculated that processing just 30 percent of the > wheat, barley and oat straw produced in the three prairie > provinces would produce four billion litres of ethanol. > > In partnership with Petro-Canada, Iogen is building a $35-million > demonstration plant in Ottawa. The pilot plant will produce three > to four million L of ethanol per year, and will test the > performance of different types of straw. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
