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Cellulosic Ethanol Facility Opens

by Marc S. Reisch
February 8, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 6

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Credit: Chad Greene
Exterior of Genera’s new 74,000-sq-ft cellulosic ethanol plant.
Credit: Chad Greene
Exterior of Genera’s new 74,000-sq-ft cellulosic ethanol plant.

Genera Energy has opened a 250,000-gal-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant in Vonore, Tenn. The $50 million demonstration facility uses a process developed by DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a joint venture between DuPont and enzyme specialist Danisco (C&EN, Oct. 12, 2009, page 28). The University of Tennessee formed Genera in 2008 with $71 million in state funding to promote a local ethanol industry based on switchgrass.

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