An unused ethanol plant in Blairstown could become a demonstration plant for production of cellulosic ethanol from solid waste from the Cedar Rapids area.
Xethanol Biofuels says it has a proprietary process for converting solid waste into ethanol. Fiberight intends to convert the ethanol plant into a demonstration plant for the technology,. The waste feedstock would be obtained from the Cedar Rapids area. The company in February that it had opened a 50,000square-foot plant in Lawrenceville, Va., to demonstrate a process that uses municipal solid waste as a feedstock for ethanol. The process sorts and transforms waste into cellulosic fibers which are then extracted into biofuel through a “unique energy recovery system,” according to the Fiberight announcement.
The Blairstown plant was producing ethanol from corn at a 5.6 million-gallon-per-year rate before production ended May 1, 2008, the company said. The sale includes a 24,728-square-foot ethanol plant on 25.5 acres of land, a 20.9-acre tract of adjoining land and a warehouse and distribution facilities. The sale price was not disclosed.
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