Genera Energy turning lemons into lemonade with switchgrass

In Tennessee, Genera Energy is on the verge of closing its latest round of VC funding as the company—originally created to supply switchgrass to a would-be future cellulosic ethanol plant with DuPont—moves into advising and consulting services, helping other companies grow, store and process the crop. A future ethanol plant in the area seems to still be far off, but Genera is growing and expanding into providing knowledge about other cellulosic feedstocks as well as into bioproducts.