BlueFire Ethanol receives 28 air permits for California waste-based cellulosic ethanol plant

In California, cellulosic ethanol pioneer BlueFire Ethanol Fuels secured 28 air permits from the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District. The permits are part of the final go-ahead process for the company’s demonstration-scale 3.7 Mgy cellulosic ethanol plant in Lancaster. The Lancaster facility provides access to 170 tons per day of waste biomass from a co-located landfill. The facility will use the Arkenol concentrated sulphuric acid hydrolysis process.

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