POET-DSM ‘Project LIBERTY’ Project on Schedule for Early 2014 Start-Up; ZeaChem Making Progress

摘要

Construction at POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels’ first commercial cellulosic-ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa – dubbed “Project LIBERTY” – is on schedule for an early 2014 start-up, a POET-DSM executive said September 26 during Platts’ Biofuels and Chemicals Conference in Chicago, Ill. POET-DSM Advanced Biofuel’s future facility “will be one of the first plants of its kind in the nation,” according to Steve Hartig, general manager – licensing for POET-DSM. The plant will use cob bales – made up of corn cobs, leaves, husks and some stalk – to produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic bio-ethanol annually, later ramping up to 25 million gallons.