Researchers 'Cooking' Better Ways of Turning Plant Waste into Ethanol  – The News Chronicle
sugar factory industry line production cane process A research by the University of Alberta is brewing up better ways to help ethanol producers make the most of plant waste they use to make their fuel. A process developed by researcher David Bressler’s lab in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences makes it possible to break down stubborn plant tissues to make clean-burning ethanol. It also creates a renewable high-value product “with remarkable properties,” said Michael Chae, operations director for the Biomass Energy Network and a manager with the research progr...