Kentucky Invests in Bioenergy

From Bowling Green Daily News:

Kentucky has potentially maxed out on new investments for grain-based ethanol production, but there could be a new energy source on the horizon - cellulose from wood and native grasses.

There has been more than $9 million in Kentucky Agriculture Development funds and even more in private investment made in Commonwealth Agri-energy in Hopksinville, and now Alltech Inc. of Nicholasville has plans for a $40 million biorefinery in Springfield that would produce 10 million gallons of grain-based ethanol a year. The company, however, also plans to move into cellulose-based ethanol production.