ZeaChem Sees Boardman As Key To Biofuel Future
In December a Lakewood, Colo., company will uncork an eastern Oregon demonstration plant that it hopes will produce high-quality biofuels cheaply enough to trade on the world market. Using proprietary technology based on bacteria found in the stomach of termites, ZeaChem Inc. will convert leftover plant materials from local tree, row-crop and wheat farms into fuel at a cash cost currently estimated at about 96 cents per gallon.
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