Research center makes biofuel breakthrough
TheTelegraph.com
June 11, 2012 8:00 AM
By KATHIE BASSETT
EDWARDSVILLE - Researchers at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville have successfully produced an environmentally friendly, cost-effective biofuel from the non-edible portion of a corn kernel.
"What we did was take the most common form of cellulose that exists and convert it into fuel ethanol," Advancing Biofuels Research Center Director John Caupert said. "What is exciting from the consumer's viewpoint is that all the technology is currently commercial available."
This groundbreaking research has the potential to lessen dependency on foreign oil and provide consumers with economically sound and environmentally responsible fuel options, said Doug McIllhagga, a communications spokesman for the university.
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