Michigan State University (MSU) and Michigan Technological University are working together to assist Frontier Renewable Resources in the development of an ethanol production facility in Kinross, Mich.
According to excerpts from the article:
Researchers from the universities will help ensure the facility is cost and environmentally friendly by focusing on four areas — facility development, wood transportation, equipment costs and efficiencies and dispersing the information.
The research is funded by a $2 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
The facility will use wood fibers to make ethanol, similar to the ethanol created from corn, which will be blended into gasoline, said Art Abramson, the head research administrator for Frontier Renewable Resources.
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