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Ethanol
Promotion
Ethanol
is a clean-burning fuel that can be made from renewable
corn. The Kentucky Corn Growers Association is a strong
supporter and promoter of the ethanol industry since most of
the ethanol produced in the U.S. is made from corn
fermentation. In fact, ethanol is the largest industrial use
for corn, utilizing more than 1.5 billion bushels last year.
KyCGA's Chevy Avalanche,
donated by GM, made an appearance
at the 2006 Sedalia Day Parade in Graves County.
Investing in Ethanol -
Anyone interested in
investing in the booming ethanol industry through stock or
plant development should check out the NCGA site on
Renewable Energy Entities.
Kentucky Ethanol
News:
UK scientists instrumental
in research, development for Alltech community biorefinery
LEXINGTON, Ky., (Jun 13, 2008)
An international biotechnology
firm with headquarters in Jessamine County is moving
forward with plans to build a rural community biorefinery
in Washington County. Researchers at the University of
Kentucky College of Agriculture and Center for Applied
Energy Research will play an instrumental part in the
research and development end of the innovative project.
Alltech’s plan for a biorefinery in Springfield is funded
by a grant of up to $30 million from the U.S. Department
of Energy and an $8 million incentive from the Kentucky
Economic Development Finance Authority. According to a
company press release, this will be one of the first
biorefineries in the country to use up to 30 percent
cellulose, the structural material in plants, to produce
ethanol and value-added by-products. Examples of
cellulosic materials include switchgrass, corn cobs and
corn stover.
“Right now we typically make ethanol by using enzymes to
break down the starch in corn kernels into a sugar,” said
Czarena Crofcheck, associate professor in the UK
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and
one of the researchers on the project. “While we’re
breaking down those sugars, we’re using something that
could be food. We need to be utilizing other things that
are available and not within the food system.”
Crofcheck and fellow Biosystems and Agricultural
Engineering Associate Professor Michael Montross...
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