THE HOLY GRAIL.

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  • Author(s): Blouin, Glenn
  • Source:
    E: The Environmental Magazine. Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p20-22. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ALCOHOL as fuel; FOODY, Patrick; GASOLINE; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); IOGEN Energy Corp.; WHEAT straw; AGRICULTURAL wastes as fuel; FOSSIL fuel power plants; ENERGY research
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses a technology, developed by Patrick Foody, the president of Iogen Energy Corp., and his research team, to extract ethanol from wheat straw. Straw based ethanol can be used as an alternative to gasoline. The laboratory process developed by him converts straws into cellulosic ethanol that reduces vehicle carbon dioxide emissions by 90%. It is suggested that unlike corn-based ethanol, it requires no planting, irrigation, and chemical fertilizers for its raw material. Preparation of ethanol using this technology requires renewable waste as its raw material. However, it shares some of the problems as the corn-based ethanol. Notwithstanding, Iogen Energy Corp. is going to open North America's first commercial ethanol cellulosic plant by the end of 2007.