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Associated PressGrants Given for Cellulosic EthanolTuesday January 29, 2008 11:46 PM
WASHINGTON(AP)- The Energy Department awarded
$114 million in grants Tuesday to build four small-scale
biorefineries in Missouri, Oregon, Colorado and
Wisconsin, hoping to demonstrate production of
cellulosic ethanol.
The government grants will cover about a third of the
cost of the projects.
The companies selected are ICM Inc., of Colwich, Kan.,
which will build a facility in St. Joseph, Mo.; Lignol
Innovations Inc., of Berwyn, Pa., which will build in
Commerce City, Colo; Pacific Ethanol Inc., of
Sacramento, Calif., which will build in Boardman, Ore.;
and Stora Enso North America of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.,
which will build in Wisconsin Rapids.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. will receive $24.3 million and each
of the other three companies $30 million.
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