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It creates "a very uneven playing field for ... refining of corn stover into ethanol also creates a byproduct, lignin, a renewable solid fuel that can displace coal in power plants, thus further ...

Unlike fossil fuels, ethanol can be derived from renewable resources, namely, plant-based sources of sugar (e.g., corn) and cellulosic ... the microbial playing field. They did this by modifying ...

Refining ethanol from corn-plant material, called stover, makes use of the waste left on fields after harvest and expands the potential production of ethanol without using more of the grain itself.

U.S. ethanol production moved to a two-month high last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production ...

Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford was ...

Brazil's corn production is set to reach 125 million metric tons by 2024/25. Ethanol consumption from corn is expected to more than double, with production of the fuel growing rapidly. Sorghum is ...

Federal, state, local and commodity group officials attended the event for a new pilot plant focusing on large-scale commercialization of cellulosic ethanol ... field of leaves and stalks and corn ...

Corn is an important part of our daily lives; it literally fuels us, as a food and when turned into ethanol. The grain is essential to ... Darcy Telenko, associate professor of plant pathology and ...

LENAWEE COUNTY, MI - In Michigan’s top corn-producing county, an ethanol plant that once processed 19 million bushels a year into fuel and other products hasn’t produced a drop in years.