GoodFuels
Domestic Energy Production
by Jackie Helling on Oct 20, 2008MN ethanol plant using corn cobs as fuel
Chippewa Valley Ethanol in Minnesota has begun using leftover corn cobs to power their plant, according to a story that ran today in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
The plant takes corn cobs and feeds them to a gasifier that converts biomass into synthetic gas, which is then used to power the ethanol production process.
If the plan works, the ethanol company would rely much less on natural gas sources, some of which come from overseas, Fynboh said. And he said that so far, locally produced biomass appears to be a lower-cost fuel than natural gas.
The plant is now working on developing ways to harvest and store the corn cobs, and held a trial run at Lonnie and Ryan Fosso’s family farm.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Photo: Akash Kataruka
EROEI THIS!
Leave a Reply
Ethanol News- Oil prices, weak dollar caused food price rally: study | Reuters.com
- Pennsylvania Bets on Biofuels
- AgWeb Blogs - Biofuel Chaos is Good Chaos
- VOA News - UN Reports Rising Energy Prices Spurs Green Gold Rush
- E85 Sales on the Rise
- Perry's airfare paid for by Poultry leader | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
- Unleashing the power of corncobs - BostonHerald.com
- The Canadian Press: Harper says biofuels likely a small factor in rising cost of food
- Alabama Economist: Corn Is Not the Primary Cause Of Food Price Spikes
- Perry requested ethanol waiver after $100,000 gift to GOP group | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Kum Dollison Says:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:25 pm