U.S. bioethanol project construction in full swing

The US bioethanol production capacity will surge in the next two years. In late August, Bio Energy International and Alternative Energy Sources (AES) announced that they will build a bioethanol plant. According to its plan, after the completion of the factory, the annual new ethanol production capacity will exceed 400 million gallons. The United States "Chemical Engineering and News" reported this week.

Bioenergy, based in Norwell, Mass., and Lukoil Americas, located in East Meadows, New York, recently announced that they will cooperate to build a 108-million-gallon facility in Clearfield County, Pa., with plans for 2008. Production will start in the second half of the year. According to BioEnergy, the plant will initially produce ethanol from cereals. After a period of operation, it will be replaced with organic waste.

According to reports, Luke’s subsidiary companies have agreed to underwrite all products of the new plant, through its sales network across 13 states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, to provide consumers with the use of ethanol and gasoline produced by the plant. Blended mixed fuel. According to another report, the Pennsylvania State government has indicated that it will provide 17.4 million U.S. dollars for this bioethanol company's ethanol project to support bioenergy companies to commercialize bioethanol technology.

In addition to the Pennsylvania project, BioEnergy plans to build a 108 million-gallon ethanol plant in Lake Providence, Louisiana. The project site has been established and construction can begin in the fourth quarter of this year.

Alternative Energy Sources, based in Kansas City, has also recently announced plans to build 110 million gallons of a cellulosic ethanol plant annually in Kankakee, Ill., and central Iowa. The Kankaki factory will be adjacent to the Canadian/Iranian Central Railroad, which connects the states of the United States Gulf Coast with Canada and intersects with the East-West railway crossing the Midwest. The factory is also adjacent to an interstate highway. The plant is scheduled to begin operations in the fall of 2008.

According to statistics from the American Renewable Fuels Association, currently there are 101 ethanol plants in operation in the United States, which can produce 4.8 billion gallons of ethanol per year. In addition, 39 new ethanol projects and 7 expansion projects are under construction. After these projects are completed, the US will increase its annual ethanol production capacity by 2.5 billion gallons.

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