How does ethanol from the Novus Energy RGL process compare with the ethanol made from corn?
Corn ethanol is made from the fermentation of corn sugars by yeast—the same way that whiskey is made. In the Novus Energy RGL process, the hydrocarbons in organic waste are biologically converted into a gas (“biogas”) and the gas is then catalytically converted into ethanol. Because the Novus Energy process uses organic waste or cellulosic biomass as its feedstock rather than corn, it is much less expensive to produce. Chemically, it is identical to ethanol made from corn.
