Poet Company gets DOE go ahead!

AN ETHANOL COMPANY OUT OF SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO BUILD ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE NATION CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PLANTS AT EMMETSBURG. OFFICIALS OF THE POET COMPANY SAY THE OPERATION AT EMMETSBURG WILL EXPAND ITS DRY MILL ETHANOL PLANT TO PRODUCE PRODUCT NOT ONLY FROM CORN KERNELS BUT IN ADDITION THE COBS AND STALKS THAT ARE NORMALLY LEFT OVERS IN THE FIELDS. POET OFFICIALS SAY THE EMMETSBURG PLANT SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL BY THE YEAR 2011 AND WOULD PRODUCE 125 MILLION GALLONS A YEAR, 25 PERCENT FROM CORN COBS AND FIBER.