Poet-DSM Cellulosic Biofuel Plant a Sign of Things to Come

Poet-DSM’s opening of a cellulosic biofuel production facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa marks the beginning of commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel production, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).  The plant is the first of three scheduled to come on line this year, including DuPont’s in Iowa and Abengoa’s in Kansas.

In 2008, Congress set a course to move U.S. biofuel production beyond corn ethanol and soybean biodiesel to advanced biofuels made from non-food resources.  These commercial facilities are the result of enormous engineering progress and substantial financial investment in a clean transportation future, according to Jeremy Martin, a senior scientist in UCS’s Clean Vehicles Program.  Martin says 2014 is poised to be the first year in which U.S. cellulosic biofuel production exceeds a million gallons.

Poet-DSM Cellulosic Biofuel Plant a Sign of Things to Come