Frontline BioEnergy's gasification technology used in Minnesota ethanol plant

By JERRY PERKINS • DES MOINES REGISTER FARM EDITOR • April 29, 2008

Frontline BioEnergy of Ames and Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co., a 45-million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Benson, Minn., started their biomass gasifier system on April 9 at the ethanol plant, the companies have announced.

By burning combustible gases produced from wood residues in the ethanol plant’s steam generation equipment, the amount of fossil fuel the plant uses can be reduced, the companies said.

Frontline BioEnergy developed the gasification technology, which is being installed at the plant.

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