Front Range Energy, an ethanol producer in Colorado, US is to move away from using corn feedstock to woody biomass.
FRE says it has tested a new process to make ethanol from wood waste and its facility could start commercial production next year.
‘The idea to use biomass to convert to ethanol is not a new idea,’ says Dan Sanders Jr, FRE VP. ‘What's new is the technology to bring it to market.’
FRE plans to turn 7% of its ethanol production from woody biomass via the conversion in 2014. This should reduce the company’s corn consumption by around 1.2 million bushels annually.
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