Patriot and Leifmark pair up to plan cellulosic ethanol project

Renewable energy provider, Patriot Renewable Fuels, has hired Leifmark for the first stage of a plan to co-locate an Inbicon Biomass Refinery on the site of Patriot's 110 MMgy grain to ethanol plant.

Leifmark, a group of bioenergy marketing specialists, is using its Incibon patented technology to create a custom Project Definition.

The plant, located in Annawan, Illinois, will process about 1320 tonnes per day of corn stover using the technology and mixed-sugar fermentation. Annual production will reach up to 30 MMgy of cellulosic ethanol and up to 175,000 tonnes of lignin.