By Bob Dinneen
By Mike Bryan
By Kory Wallen
Cellulosic ethanol is gaining momentum worldwide as more and more governments and international companies begin to see the renewable fuel as the next inevitable step toward reducing fossil fuel consumption. This new technology has a bright future, but when—and where—will it develop first?
By Ron Kotrba
The United States has more than 200 years of experience in rail, so efficiency and optimization should come naturally—and for many it does. But with a rail system that is growingly congested, it's often impossible to give customers what they want when they want it. Fortunately, some Class 1 and short line railroad companies are investing with the ethanol industry in mind.
By Ron Kotrba
A handful of larger companies are working diligently toward uprooting cellulose conversion technologies from the labs and transplanting them to pilot-scale facilities. Integrating and further refining cellulose process technologies within existing ethanol plants is likely to be the irresistible medium that's already incubating the future of celllulosic ethanol.
By Kory Wallen
Tucked within the 1,700 pages of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are a number of provisions intended to help jumpstart the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol in the United States. Considering the long-term outlook for oil prices, some experts believe biomass will soon fill petroleum's proverbial shoes. Can legislation get cellulose-to-ethanol on its feet?
By BBI Staff Report
When the most powerful man in America says cellulosic ethanol is going to be commercialized within six years, the industry he's talking to listens up. Now, as the nation's energy department unveils a 30-year outlook on oil that makes biomass utilization a long-term energy option with teeth, EPM offers industry reactions to the speech that made a nation start thinking about cellulose.
By Neil Havran
By Trinity Rail