Thursday, April 20, 2006

Ethanol Plant In Northern Michigan?

Ethanol plant may be built in Kingsley

Corn is not an efficient ethanol producer. Sugarcane is twice as efficient. However, some studies show adding sugar-based material to corn stock can speed up the corn fermentation process.

So how about this - locate the ethanol plant near sugar waste streams (e.g.; breweries and vineyards); on a rail line so sugar-beets can be used; and next to TCLP's proposed biomass plant?

Under this scenario sugary waste and corn could be converted to ethanol and the waste from that product burned in the biomass plant. And if next to a rail line product could be moved anywhere.