Mendel Biotechnology, BP Biofuels to conduct miscanthus trials

Ethanol Producer Magazine
By Bryan Sims March 22, 2012

Hayward, Calif.-based dedicated energy crop developer Mendel Biotechnology Inc., together with its wholly owned subsidiary Mendel Bioenergy Seeds, and BP Biofuels have signed a four-year agreement to conduct a demonstration field trial of Mendel’s trademarked PowerCane Miscanthus and evaluate its performance as feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production at BP Biofuels’ 1.4 MMgy demonstration-scale production plant in Jennings, La.

A total of 100 acres of PowerCane Miscanthus is expected to be planted early this year near the Jennings cellulosic ethanol demo facility, and the first biomass harvest from these fields is expected to occur next year.

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