Capacité de production de 30 millions de gallons annuellement à partir de tiges de Maïs.
Il faudra traiter 375,000 tonnes de ces raffles de Maïs.
L'usine a coûté 225 millions de $.
Digging into the science of cellulosic ethanol
Nov 5, 2015 Willie Vogt
The day before Halloween was a big day for Nevada, Iowa. That’s the day that DuPont officially opened its new cellulosic ethanol plant. Key dignitaries were on hand from the state and the company to mark the historic day.
DuPont’s plant, the largest in the nation, when up to full capacity will produce 30 million gallons of ethanol a year from corn stover. Jan Koninckx, global business director, Advanced Biofuels, DuPont, explains that fuel from this plant will be made generating “90% less greenhouse gas then the production of gasoline.”
Koninckx notes that the ceremony was being held ahead of the official plant opening, during the media event and tour he referred to the Nevada plant as “serial No. 1,” which means DuPont is doing something entirely new, and will gradually start up the process over time. “Plants two, three and four will start more quickly in the future,” he says, noting DuPont’s commitment to biofuels.
He adds that in the company’s 213 year history, it has brought many plants online. “We know how to bring a plant online, there’s always a degree of uncertainty in a first plant. We expect the first shipments of biofuel to begin in 2016.”
http://farmindustrynews.com/biofuel/dig ... ic-ethanol
....They flocked to see the facility that is expected to process 375,000 tons of corn stover each year (about one half-ton bale each minute) to produce about 30 million gallons of ethanol a year.
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http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/cro ... 23a91.html
....The $225 million plant produces cellulosic ethanol from corn husks – the non-kernel parts of corn plants.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampent ... nt-online/
