Georgia’s first wood-to-ethanol plant opens

SustainableBusinessOregon.com
Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:50am PDT

The nation’s first commercial plant producing ethanol from wood wastes is open for business in the timber country of southeastern Georgia.

More than a year and a half behind its original schedule, Colorado-based Range Fuels Inc. began operations in early August near Soperton, Ga.

At first, the plant will operate with an annual capacity of 4 million gallons, down from an original goal of 10 million gallons.

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