Frontline says its technology can replace natural gas with wood residue at ethanol plants

In Iowa, Frontline says that its technology enables plants to replace natural gas with renewable energy from wood residue. The company said that it had installed its technology at Chippewa Valley Ethanol’s 45 Mgy plant in Minnesota and expects to replace up to 90 percent of the natural gas used by the plant.

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