What's real and what's not in cellulosic biofuels

How close is science today to being able to produce large volumes of cellulosic-based biofuels? Really? Not just in the lab, but in the field?

There's a lot of confidence being put in the biofuel industry's ability to deliver next generation ethanol (some have referred to today's conventional ethanol as "biofuel 1.0"). But how real are cellulosic-based technologies?

Some say cellulosic biofuels aren't everything they're cracked up to be—for example, see what cellulosic critics say in the Cleantech Group's Ethanol a boondoggle, says Milken.

Find out the truth for yourself.

On April 30th, 2007 a the Cleantech Group web seminar examined the current state of the art in cellulosic biofuel technologies. Attendees listened to, and asked hard questions of, leading cellulosic fuel companies and their differing approaches.

Celunol’s John Howe is Vice President, Public Affairs. He holds degrees from Amherst College and the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

BlueFire Ethanol’s Arnie Klann is Chairman, President and CEO. He has thirty years of experience in corporate management, project finance, engineering, design, construction, start-up and environmental permitting.

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