Top Producer, January 18th, 2008
Byline: Jeanne Bernick
Last month's passage of the energy bill may drive investment into cellulosic ethanol and change the food-versus-fuel debate. The bill contains a new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandating 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels per year by 2022-a fivefold increase over current standards.
Of that total, 16 billion gallons must be from cellulosic materials, and the corn-based ethanol mandates increase steadily and top out at 15 billion gallons through 2015. (See a year-by-year breakdown at Web Extra on www.ToProducer.com.)
"This bill does for cellulosic ethanol what th...
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