POET stages Project LIBERTY Field Day, showcasing 16 companies in advanced biofuels; video of Scotland cellulosic ethanol plant available

In South Dakota, at POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day, 16 companies showcased equipment to help make the process of harvesting corn cobs and residue quick, easy and profitable.  At the same time, officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy talked with area farmers about money to help procure equipment and matching payments for the biomass. Project LIBERTY is POET’s planned 25 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg.

POET’s pilot-scale plant in Scotland, S.D. is already producing cellulosic ethanol at a rate of approximately 20,000 gallons per year. A documentary about POET’s pilot cellulosic ethanol plant is available here.

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