New Tennessee ethanol refinery to use switchgrass

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Associated Press
By BILL POOVEY , 01.28.10, 05:46 PM EST

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Tennessee's governor and a gaggle of corporate and college officials will gather Friday in Vonore to christen the nation's first biorefinery dedicated to turning switchgrass into "grassoline."

Officials hope the demonstration plant, which also uses corncobs as raw, non-edible material for making ethanol, will prove the process is economically and environmentally sound.

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