(Sioux Falls, S.D.)– Poet LLC, the nation’ top ethanol producer, says it has reduced its cellulosic ethanol production cost during the past year from $4.13 per gallon to $2.35 per gallon.
The Sioux Falls-based company plans to produce 25 million gallons of ethanol each year from plant waste typically left behind in farmers’ fields at its corn ethanol plant in Emmetsburg.
A pilot-scale plant in Scotland, South Dakota has produced about 20-thousand gallons of cellulosic ethanol since it began operations a year ago Wednesday.
Privately held Poet says it has reached the cost savings by reducing energy usage, enzyme costs, raw material requirements and capital expenses.
(Story from the Associated Press.).
