Iowa scores an ethanol coup

The first commercial-sized cellulosic ethanol plant in the United States will be located in Iowa, Broin Cos. said Monday.

The Voyager Ethanol plant in Emmetsburg will be converted from a 50 million-gallon-a-year conventional corn dry mill facility into a 125 million-gallon-a-year commercial-scale biorefinery producing ethanol from not only corn but also the stalk, leaves and cobs of the corn plant, said the company’s chief executive, Jeff Broin.