(http://poet-dsm.com/liberty)
EMMETSBURG, IOWA – A small North Iowa town celebrated the grand opening of a plant using what it calls “first-of-its-kind technology” to produce ethanol.
POET-DSM’s $275 million Project LIBERTY opened its doors to the public at its Grand Opening celebration on Wednesday, Sept. 3 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, showcasing first-of-its-kind technology that it says is poised to “dramatically expand our world’s resources for transportation fuel”.
The Grand Opening was attended by Governor Terry Branstad and His Majesty Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands. The event featured plant tours, a formal ceremony, a flyover by the ethanol-powered Vanguard Squadron, booths, music and more. The public was invited to attend, and lunch was provided.
Project LIBERTY will process 770 tons of corn cobs, leaves, husk and some stalk daily to produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year, later ramping up to 25 million gallons per year. Plant personnel are currently running biomass through the pretreatment process and preparing for the first gallons of ethanol. Project LIBERTY will be the flagship plant in POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels’ plan to license this technology to companies across the U.S. and around the world.
POET, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is one of the world’s largest ethanol producers, with a 25-year history as an American renewable fuel pioneer. The company, with 27 grain ethanol plants.
Press conference of #projectliberty by @poetdsm underway now! pic.twitter.com/TbXOKd5fjr
— dsm-firmenich (@dsmfirmenich) September 3, 2014
Thanks to @vanguardsquadro for lighting up the sky above #projectliberty of @poetdsm! pic.twitter.com/pro2FU569j
— dsm-firmenich (@dsmfirmenich) September 3, 2014
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, says to cellulosic ethanol skeptics, "Come to Emmetsburg!" pic.twitter.com/wHTkhxIg0g
— Michael Scholl (@Schollman628) September 3, 2014
His Majesty Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, arrived earlier today at #projectliberty of @poetdsm pic.twitter.com/fkbhUmaKKF
— dsm-firmenich (@dsmfirmenich) September 3, 2014
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Subsidized by the Taxpayers.
I bet the owner lives next door to Tornquist and he had something to do with it.
@Matt-Sounds about right.