One startup is scaling up experimental techniques to demonstrate the commercial potential of cellulosic ethanol.
[ Massachusetts ] Experimental methods for converting wood chips and grass into ethanol will soon be tested at production scale. Mascoma Corporation, based in Cambridge , MA , is building demonstration facilities that will have the capacity to produce about one-half to two million gallons of ethanol a year from waste biomass. The startup recently received $30 million in venture-capital money, which is fueling its scale-up plans.

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