Michigan universities obtain $ 2 million to advance ethanol plant

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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 05:01

Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University have partnered to encourage the development of the state’s forest bio-economy. Frontier Renewable Resources has allotted a $2 million grant to two Michigan universities to fund critical research that will accelerate the construction of the state’s first cellulosic ethanol plant in the Upper Peninsula.

Researchers from Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University will help Frontier improve its sustainable wood fiber supplies and develop more cost-efficient methods of harvest and transportation to further reduce project expenses.

Frontier will be building a cellulosic ethanol plant in Chippewa County that has the capacity to produce up to 40 million gallons of low-cost, low-carbon cellulosic ethanol annually. The facility is expected to be fully operational in 2013.

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