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Gov. Blunt and Agriculture Department Announce Cellulosic Ethanol Feasibility Study Grant Awarded to Missouri Forest Products Association (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) – Gov. Matt Blunt and the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) announced today that the Cellulosic Ethanol Feasibility Study grant has been awarded to the Missouri Forest Products Association. The competitive application process asked for a feasibility study that involved the development and evaluation of the use of woody biomass as an input for the production of fuel ethanol and other energy sources. "This feasibility study is another example of our ongoing efforts to seek new and alternative energy options," Gov. Matt Blunt said. "My administration has made alternative fuels and energy a priority and we must continue to research and evaluate new options to meet our ever-growing energy needs so we can help lower energy prices, protect our environment and reduce our dependence on foreign oil." “As we continue to try to find new ways to promote renewable energy, the results of this new study will maximize the landowner’s return on their timber resources whether those resources are for an energy feedstock or for increasing the production of high quality lumber in the state,” said Don Steen director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. “Missouri is home to nearly 15 million acres of forest land where 82 percent of that land is owned by private landowners. This latest research is one of the healthy forest management efforts being undertaken in our state.” The Missouri Forest Products Association submitted a 12-month project called “A Feasibility Analysis of Harvesting and Using Wood as a Feedstock for Ethanol and Other Energy Sources While Sustaining the Forest Resource.” This project includes a comprehensive resource flow and cost analysis of the movement of woody biomass through felling, extraction, processing and transporting. The study will also include how the processes affect the health of the forest. Existing technologies for converting wood to energy will also be investigated. “The opportunities of Missouri’s forestlands for woody biomass to become a staple energy feedstock are tremendous, yet it is necessary to understand the economics, biology and physical dimensions of such a system,” said Brian Brookshire, executive director of the Missouri Forest Products Association. “With increasing transportation costs, it is essential to take a system approach to understand the critical points that can make the practice of woody biomass harvesting financially and biologically feasible. We are very pleased to receive this funding that will make this investigation possible.” For more information on the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority, visit www.mda.mo.gov or call (573) 751-2129. |
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