Cellulosic ethanol plant shuttered in biofuels setback

Spanish energy company Abengoa, caught in a financial crisis, has shut down its cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, after little more than a year of operation, reports Kansas Agland. The 25 million-gallon-a-year plant was billed as the first commercial-scale, next-generation biofuel plant when it opened amid hoopla on Oct. 7, 2014. “We’re all kinda reeling… » Read More

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