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First Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery in the U.S. Opens
First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in the USThe first demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the United States is now open! The verenium biorefinery in Jennings, Louisiana, will produce 1.4 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year with agricultural waste left over after sugarcane production.What are Second Generation Biofuels?Ethanol made from cellulose, as opposed to ethanol made form corn, is what is a second generation biofuel. The difference, and it's an important one, is that second generation biofuels use non-food residual biomass like the stems, leaves, wood chips, and husks, or they use non-foo...
Source: TreeHugger