Cellulosic ethanol continues to flow at first Iowa plant to produce it

Ethanol giant POET reaped national attention when it opened the nation’s first large-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in September 2014, but a rival operator in northwestern Iowa, Quad County Corn Processors, was actually the first on the market. The farmer-owned cooperative has continuously produced cellulosic ethanol since July 2014, with volume running at about 1.5 million… » Read More

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