Biofuel technology gets new focus at SIC (IL)

TheSouthern.com
By Adam Testa, the southern Posted: Sunday, November 8, 2009 3:00 am

HARRISBURG - Southeastern Illinois College officials hope to launch a new program focused on biofuels in the fall.

Interim President Jonah Rice said the decision to pursue the coursework, which would focus on ethanol and biodiesel fuels, came from an internal survey of local industry potential and national energy issues.

"We saw it locally; we saw it nationally," he said. "Really the stars just aligned for us, and we hope it becomes fruitful."

Rice said the proposed curriculum, which presently emphasizes history, scientific processes, political and legislative realities, marketing and financing considerations and plant construction and engineering, has passed through the proper channels at the campus level and now awaits state approval.

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