Coskata's Semi-Commercial Facility Attains Two Years of Successful Operation
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Coskata, Inc., Madison, Pa., USA, a developer of technology for the production of advanced biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials, reports that it has achieved two years of successful operations at its cellulosic ethanol semi-commercial facility this month. The facility in Madison has amassed more than 15,000 run hours of operation and successfully converted wood biomass and municipal solid waste into fuel-grade ethanol.
"The data and operating experience cultivated at this pre-commercial scale facility has conclusively demonstrated that the Coskata technology is ready for commercial production today," said Coskata President and CEO Bill Roe. "With an industry leading yield of more than 100 gal of ethanol coming from a dry ton of wood biomass, we look forward to working with industry partners to rapidly deploy this leading conversion technology and help the country meet the Renewable Fuels Standard."
The integrated biorefinery, which utilizes plasma gasification technology provided by Westinghouse Plasma Corp., was built to demonstrate the commercial readiness of the Coskata technology. It is the largest scale facility that has utilized syngas fermentation into ethanol technology.
The technology proven at the Pennsylvania facility will be used at the company's first commercial-scale facility in Alabama, of which Coskata was awarded a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Coskata's technology enables the production of biofuels and chemicals, from virtually any carbonaceous material, using anaerobic microorganisms and innovative bioreactor designs. The process combines the flexibility of gasification with the efficiency of biological conversion of syngas into fuels or chemicals.
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