No corn cob harvest is lesson in biomass economics

West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minn.)
Published December 08 2010

BENSON — Chippewa Valley Ethanol is leading the way in proving the technology and economics of biomass energy.
By: Tom Cherveny, West Central Tribune

BENSON — Chippewa Valley Ethanol is leading the way in proving the technology and economics of biomass energy.

This year’s lesson was all economics.

The company did not harvest corn cobs from farm fields this year due to low natural gas prices, according to Chad Friese, commodity manager for the Benson ethanol plant.

The company had harvested corn cobs in both 2009 and 2008 to test the logistics and technology of using corn cobs as a biomass energy source, as well as to learn the economics.

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