Good reasons for ethanol
Cleen air!
Geting off the dependecy of oil!
Costing US is less!
Is helping the farmers!
Keeping our money in the US!.
One acre of corn can produce enough
ethanol to run a car for some 72,000 miles on E-10 Unleaded.
For every barrel of ethanol produced,
1.2 barrels of petroleum are displaced.
By 2010, U.S. ethanol production could displace
the equivalent of 311,000 barrels of imported crude oil per day—more than one large oil tanker per week.
The use of E-10 Unleaded (10 percent ethanol/90
percent ordinary unleaded gasoline) is approved for use by every major automaker in the world.
One bushel of corn yields about
2.8 gallons of ethanol.
A typical 40 million gallon ethanol plant
creates 32 full-time jobs and generates an additional $1.2 million in tax revenue for a community.
Ethanol production results in a net energy
gain—producing 67 percent more energy than it takes to grow and process the corn into ethanol.
Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company.
Our technology enables the low-cost production of ethanol from a wide variety of input material including biomass, municipal
solid waste and other carbonaceous material. Using proprietary microorganisms and patented bioreactor designs, we will produce
ethanol for under US$1.00 per gallon.
Founded by leading renewable energy investors and
entrepreneurs, we have compiled a strong IP portfolio of patents, trade secrets and know-how and assembled a first-class team
for the development and commercialization of our compelling syngas-to-ethanol process technology.
The goal of Coskata is to play
a major role in creating economic fuels from renewable resources, thus minimizing the dependency of countries around the world
on petroleum derived fuels.
Coskata is commercializing a proprietary process
and related technologies for the conversion of a wide variety of input materials into ethanol. Coskata has an efficient, affordable,
and flexible three-step conversion process:
1. Incoming material
converted to synthesis gas (gasification)
2. Fermentation of synthesis
gas into ethanol (bio-fermentation)
3. Separation and recovery
of ethanol (separations)
During gasification, carbon-based input materials are converted into syngas using well-established
gasification technologies. After the chemical bonds are broken using gasification, Coskata's proprietary microorganisms convert
the resulting syngas into ethanol by consuming the carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2) in the gas stream. Once the gas-to-liquid
conversion process has occurred, the resulting ethanol is recovered from the solution using "pervaporation technology."
Coskata's
proprietary microorganisms eliminate the need for costly enzymatic pretreatments, and the bio-fermentation occurs at low pressures
and temperatures, reducing operational costs. In addition, the Coskata process has the potential to yield over 100 gallons
of ethanol per ton of dry carbonaceous input material, reducing both operational and capital costs. Coskata's exclusively
licensed separation technology dramatically improves the separations and recovery component of ethanol production, reducing
the required energy by as much as 50%.
Atlanta flex-fuel motorists will soon have 12 new stations selling E85 across
the Atlanta area. To celebrate the opening of the new E85 pumps, motorists can take advantage of the prices at the 12 different
stations hosting E85 pump promotions on June 2nd and 3rd from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. E85 will be available for $1.85
a gallon at all 12 locations and each location. The #17 Team Ethanol IndyCar will be on display and Kicks 101.5 will
be broadcasting live at the SAFA Express BP on 725 Grayson Highway in Lawrenceville, GA on June 2nd and the Chevron Station
at 3850 Flat Shoals RD in Union City, GA on June 3rd.
To help kick off the promotion
on June 2nd a press conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the SAFA Express BP in Lawrenceville. Speakers will include Robert
White, deputy director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council; Jill Stuckey, director of the Energy Innovation Center;
and Terry Coleman, deputy commissioner of agriculture.
If you can’t make the June
2nd press conference there will be another press conference held at 10:30 a.m. on June 3rd at the Chevron in Union City. Speakers
will include, Robert White, Jill Stuckey and State Senator Ross Tolleson.
