Paper Mill Develops Process to Extract Sugar from Wood Waste
November 27, 2013News article: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/263311/2/Old-Town-Mill-making-sugars-for-biofuels-out-of-wood-waste
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In Maine, USA, one company is said to be 'on the cusp' of a breakthrough for a new process to extract sugars from paper mill waste, which can be converted into biofuels.
While the local paper industry has been in the decline for more than a decade now, the company Old Town Fuel and Fiber (OTFF) has been working on a pilot biorefinery project that could change its course. The company is demonstrating the economic viability of a process that would absorb wood waste generated from its mill and break it down in stages until it becomes sugar that can be used to make biofuels and bioplastics.
With a $30 million grant from the Department of Energy to develop the process, OTFF is hoping to establish a full scale biorefinery in 2014 amid concerns from sceptics critical of biofuels.
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