King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands officially opened 'Project Liberty' in Emmetsburg, Iowa, Wednesday afternoon. Project Liberty is an international collaboration of the Dutch company DSM and POET.
Project Liberty will process 770 tons of corn cobs, leaves, husk and some stalk daily to produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year, later ramping up to 25 million gallons per year.
Plant personnel are currently running biomass through the pretreatment process and preparing for the first gallons of ethanol. Project Liberty will be the flagship plant in POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels' plan to license this technology to companies across the U.S. and around the world.
While on his one day visit the King also took the opportunity to meet with Dutch and American entrepreneurs in Minneapolis, MN, to discuss trade and economic opportunities.
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