by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Ontario Federation of Agriculture recently announced that a value chain consortium has presented a final report to local corn producers, showing that it is commercially viable to establish a cellulosic sugar plant in southwestern Ontario to support the future production of green chemicals.
According to the report, titled “Development of a Business Case for a Cornstalks to Bioprocessing Venture,” the objective of the analysis was to investigate the potential to establish a commercial-scale biorefinery in Sarnia, Ontario, that would covert 250,000 metric tons of dry corn stover per year into cellulosic sugars. READ MORE Download report