Osage BioEnergy to Open Largest Ethanol Plant in U.S.
Posted by EcoFriendlySep 27
Osage BioEnergy to Open Largest Ethanol Plant in U.S.
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Osage BioEnergy announced that it will break ground next month on its Appomattox Bio Energy plant, a 65 Mgy (Million Gallons per Year) barley ethanol plant that will be the largest in the US, using barley as a feedstock.
Barley is a winter crop that can be double cropped with soybeans, and produces a high quality meal in addition to fuel ethanol.
The Appomattox Bio Energy (ABE) facility is projected to use regionally grown barley as the primary raw material. Why Barley? Barley is a moderate to high yield winter crop and can be grown in double crop systems with other food crops such as soybeans.
In an attempt to possibly allay “food for fuel” critics, Osage BioEnergy plans on using a 3 in one approach.
- Cash crops for farmers
- Animal Feedstock and
- fuel for cars
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