NewPage Learns Wisdom of Bioenergy
NewPage Corp. receives a $30 million federal grant to produce diesel fuel from wood waste.
There is constant search for alternative fuels due to the rapidly increasing cost of oil and Wisconsin has a chance to play a role in the development of gasoline substitutes. The goal is to produce the next generation of biofuels and have them ready by 2012.
Department of Energy's biorefinery program has given grants to many companies for research. Wisconsin has been awarded a large grant to manufacture fuel from products that would be considered waste. Last year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $125 million grant to establish one of three bioenergy research centers in the U.S.
The NewPage Corp., in Wisconsin Rapids, received a $30 million federal grant to produce diesel fuel from wood waste. The project is still in the development stage, but it has the potential to generate up to 5.5 million gallons of diesel fuel by 2012. The company has the potential to produce fuel from about 500 tons of paper mill waste and other waste forest products.
Wisconsin is one of the leaders in improving our environment and helping reduce the United States dependency on foreign oil. In the near future the state will also have to rely on private investments and entrepreneurs to get alternative energy plans off the ground and to develop the clean energy that is so vital to the nation's future.
Department of Energy's biorefinery program has given grants to many companies for research. Wisconsin has been awarded a large grant to manufacture fuel from products that would be considered waste. Last year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $125 million grant to establish one of three bioenergy research centers in the U.S.
The NewPage Corp., in Wisconsin Rapids, received a $30 million federal grant to produce diesel fuel from wood waste. The project is still in the development stage, but it has the potential to generate up to 5.5 million gallons of diesel fuel by 2012. The company has the potential to produce fuel from about 500 tons of paper mill waste and other waste forest products.
Wisconsin is one of the leaders in improving our environment and helping reduce the United States dependency on foreign oil. In the near future the state will also have to rely on private investments and entrepreneurs to get alternative energy plans off the ground and to develop the clean energy that is so vital to the nation's future.