Mascoma starts second generation production
Boston, US-based Mascoma’s demonstration facility in Rome, New York, started producing ethanol from non-food cellulosic biomass on 25 February.
The plant has a production capacity of 200,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year.
Construction on the plant began in early 2008 and was completed by December.
The demonstration facility can run on different biomass feedstocks, including wood chips, tall grasses, corn stalks and sugarcane bagasse.
The company is currently purchasing wood chips from a local sawmill to use as a feedstock.
‘The State of New York and our local business partners have together helped us move one step closer to our goal of producing cost competitive cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale,’ Jim Flatt, executive VP of research and development and operations at Mascoma, comments.
The plant has a production capacity of 200,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year.
Construction on the plant began in early 2008 and was completed by December.
The demonstration facility can run on different biomass feedstocks, including wood chips, tall grasses, corn stalks and sugarcane bagasse.
The company is currently purchasing wood chips from a local sawmill to use as a feedstock.
‘The State of New York and our local business partners have together helped us move one step closer to our goal of producing cost competitive cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale,’ Jim Flatt, executive VP of research and development and operations at Mascoma, comments.
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