2 Iowa ethanol facilities weigh switch to butanol

DesMoinesRegister.com
11:57 PM, May. 1, 2012
Written by DAN PILLER

Fuel offers advantages, but changeover would be costly

A joint venture of DuPont and BP announced Tuesday that two Iowa ethanol plants are considering converting their operations to production of biobutanol, a fuel with higher energy content than ethanol.

Lincolnway Energy of Nevada and Corn LP of Goldfield are reserving the option to switch production. They would join Highwater Ethanol of Minnesota as “early adapters” to butanol, with a target of production for the automobile consumer market by 2014.

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