Biofuels Digest
August 18, 2010 Jim Lane

Range Fuels commences production of cellulosic methanol in Georgia; ethanol by Q3
ShareIn Georgia, Range Fuels announced that it has commenced production of cellulosic methanol from the initial phase of its first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant near Soperton.

The first phase of the Soperton Plant operations employs Range Fuels’, two-step thermo-chemical process to convert cellulosic feedstocks into a synthesis gas composed of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The syngas is then passed over a proprietary catalyst to produce mixed alcohols that are separated and processed to yield a variety of low-carbon biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol and methanol.

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