Bioenergy from wheat, peanuts ...

Not long ago when invited to attend the Georgia Biological Energy Conference at Georgia State University (USA), now retired physics professor is 70-year-old farmer Jimmy Griner in Berrien district carrying a clear liquid bottle. and fragrant complexes have attracted attention for many delegates.That is ethanol, the fuel distilled from wheat that he expects could help solve the national energy problem.

Professor Jimmy Griner's company supplies nearly 40,000 liters of ethanol from the wheat every year. (Photo: cbsnews.com) Georgia currently has several bioenergy companies. Last year, these companies shipped more than 11 million liters of ethanol and biodiesel, mostly consumed in other states. In the near future, a factory producing ethanol from corn with a designed capacity of nearly 400 million liters / year will be started in Camilla city. Another company is planning to invest $ 150-200 million in a wood-based biofuel plant in southern Georgia, which is expected to produce 200 million liters of ethanol each year.

In addition, the state government financed nearly $ 1 million for a biofuel refinery at the University of Georgia and work on converting cellulose in pine into ethanol by the Georgia Institute of Technology. Since the area of ​​pine forests currently accounts for more than 60% of forest land, Georgia has an advantage in producing ethanol from pine. Each year the fuel output generated from 18 million tons of waste wood will solve 18% of the state's gasoline and diesel fuel needs. However, experts say it will take years to complete the commercial production of ethanol from pine.

About 500 farmers, scientists, engineers and politicians throughout the United States and some from neighboring Brazil - one of the leading countries in bioenergy development - attended the conference. 3 days discussing the future of global energy sources, the economic value of biofuels . and the types of agricultural products that can be converted into fuel. The conference also introduced tractors and trucks operated by ethanol made from local crops such as peaches, wheat, pine and some other means of transport run by biodiesel. from chicken fat, peanuts, soybeans .

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