Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing

Ethanol Producer Magazine reports that cellulosic ethanol firm Coskata Inc. will unveil its demonstration plant in Madison, Pennsylvania, after a year and a half construction period. Coskata uses a three-step process technology that is capable of converting multiple feedstocks including woody biomass, agricultural waste, energy crops and construction/industrial wastes into synthesis gas. The syngas undergoes bacterial fermentation using Coskata’s microorganisms, and is converted into ethanol without using enzymes. The $25 million plant is co-located with a pilot-plant gasifier owned and operated by a unit of Alter NRG Corp.