Over a dozen cellulosic ethanol plants going up in the U.S.

June 4, 2008

Photo by Eric Charlton. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.

Everyone who pursues the biofuel industry knows that the future of ethanol lies in cellulose. While corn is today’s big feedstock, the potential to construct ethanol cheaper and with less of an impact on food prices and the environment by using cellulosic materials is calling venture capitalists, the auto industry and many others. In the U.S. today there are more than a dozen companies that have gotten at least a few s…