$4.7 million allows Ethanol Center upgrade

alestleLive.com (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Rosie Githinji
Issue date: 3/4/10

The Board of Trustees for Southern Illinois University approved a request for a $4.7 million contribution to upgrade the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center located near SIUE.

According to Frank Romano, business manager for the center, $4.7 million was the estimate given by the engineer working on the project.

The money will be used for a corn fractionation system. The fractionation system would be used to research methods for ways to produce ethanol from the whole corn plant, not just the kernel, according to Romano. Of the money, 25 percent will be saved for any unforeseen problems that may come up.

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