DuPont Danisco files for $19M grant from Iowa for cellulosic ethanol

In Iowa, Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol has filed an application for a $19.8 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund towards the construction of Project Blackhawk, their first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.

The project, according to documents filed with the IPF, would be located in central Iowa, either at sites in Story County, or Webster County. The initial capacity would be between 25 Mgy and 50 Mgy, with an option to expand production to 100 Mgy at a later date.

The project would utilize corn cobs as a feedstock, and would cost up to $275 million, with up to $255 million invested by DuPont and Danisco.

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