Japan-based JNC completes bamboo-to-ethanol demonstration plant
23 January 2012
Japan-based JNC Corporation and its partners have completed construction of a bamboo-to-ethanol demonstration plant and have begun test runs.
Bamboo is of interest as a biofuel feedstock as it does not compete with food. The bamboo raw material is procured from the city of Minamata.
The demo plant at Kumamoto University saccharifies the bamboo to produce sugar, which is then fermented using genetically modified yeast developed at Sojo University.
Hmmmm. Another wood-to-ethanol project....where have we heard that before? cough-cough range fuels cough-cough
Posted by: ejj | 23 January 2012 at 05:04 AM
"saccharifies the bamboo to produce sugar..."
This is a different method than Range Fuels used, but I guess you will use any opportunity to bad mouth things you know little or nothing about.
Posted by: SJC | 23 January 2012 at 10:25 AM
this is just another boondoggle by the America Bamboo Lobby.
Posted by: dursun | 23 January 2012 at 08:44 PM