Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Friday, February 17, 2012

BP: cellulosic ethanol is real, here, and no pixie dust

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane February 16, 2012

In Washington, BP Biofuels North America President Sue Ellerbusch, interviewed in the Biofuel STAT online series produced by the Advanced Biofuels Association, rejected recent headlines describing the industry as “pixie dust” by declaring “the technology works.”

The next ah-ha moment for the industry? “It’s going to be less of an ah-ha and more of an uh-huh, we told you so. We are right on the cusp with this technology.” Over the next five years? “We are building a 36 million gallons facility now. Our next facility will be double the size of that. As we look beyond, we will be looking to see how far we can take that capacity up.

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