Turning Trash into Gas

New Facility Showcases World s First Commercially Viable Flex-Ethanol Process With gas prices continually in flux interest in domestically produced bio-fuels like ethanol E85 is on the rise Today Coskata Inc a leading developer of alternative bio-fuels announced the successful start-up of its semi-commercial flex-ethanol facility Unlike other technologies and facilities that often rely on one primary source of feedstock the company s flex ethanol facility will be producing ethanol from numerous sources including wood biomass agricultural waste construction waste and even household garbage In addition their patented microorganisms and bioreactor designs will produce ethanol for the same as and in some cases less than the cost of producing a gallon of gasoline This new technology also reduces CO2 emissions up to 96 percent compared to gasoline Flex Fuel vehicles that can run on gas E85 or a combination of both are already available from Chevrolet Ford Dodge and GMC GM has built 5 million of these vehicles to date Produced for General Motors