Does cellulosic ethanol damage a cars engine?
Just the opposite is true. Vehicles can actually run better because ethanol-blended fuel removes deposits and cleans out fuel lines. What does Iogen do with the cellulosic ethanol it produces? As of July 2006, Iogen has been upgrading its research and development plant and, as such, is not currently producing cellulosic ethanol. It has fuel in storage for its own fleet of 13 vehicles, and has supplied cellulosic ethanol to the fleet vehicles of two Canadian government departments in Ottawa (Agriculture Canada and Natural Resources Canada). Iogen also supplied the fuel for the leaders’ cars during the G8 summit in Scotland in July 2005 and at the Convention of the Parties (COP11) in Montreal in December 2005. When can we expect to see the first commercial plant built? Iogen plans to license its technology and expects that its first commercial plant will have the capacity to produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year using corn stalks and cereal straws as the feedstock. Th
