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Thursday, September 17, 2009

UK technology could turn U.S. ethanol industry green

Reuters
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:47pm EDT
By Nigel Hunt

DUNSFOLD PARK, England (Reuters) - A compost bacteria bred by a British company could be set to transform both the profitability and environmental credentials of the U.S. ethanol industry.

"The application of our technology results in the greening of corn ethanol," Hamish Curran, chief executive officer of TMO Renewables Ltd said in an interview on Tuesday.

The company provides an industrial unit, or plug-in, which can be attached to a biofuel plant to boost output by recycling a by-product of the initial fuel run.

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