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Public-Private Partnerships Advance Mascoma Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in Michigan

Posted on June 29, 2008

Mascoma Corporation has entered into a series of strategic relationships to further its efforts to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant based on its consolidated bioprocessing methodology in Michigan s Upper Peninsula. (Earlier post.)Agreements with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), JM Longyear, and alliances formed with Michigan State University (MSU) and Michigan Technological University (MTU) will help bring the plant to Chippewa County, south of Sault Ste. Marie, where fuel-grade ethanol will be produced from wood fiber. The agreements build on th...

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biofuels , ethanol , renewable