Read the Jay Lewin Uncensored 3/10/08 blog entry regarding the proposed cellulosic ethanol plant for New Milford (Connecticut). Interesting post have been added to Jay's initial posting; each with a different take on what it will mean to New Milford and their views of the proposal.

Not only would this cellulosic ethanol plant be a major boost for the town of New Milford, it would be for the state of Connecticut as well. And, it will put the state on the map as only the third ethanol plant in our area, with two upstate New York facilities in the works (one in Fulton, N.Y., where they will be converting a former brewery, and the other involving new construction of an $80 million ethanol plant on the shores of the Erie Canal in Seneca Falls).

Expanding on one of Jay's responses, the market will help dictate the success of not only this proposed cellulosic ethanol plant for New Milford but any and all other ethanol and alternative fuel plants that are either in the initial planning stages, on the drawing board, and/or beginning construction. As seen in the press, there are some projects on hold due to potential for over-supply, market demand shifts, raw material/feedstock costs, etc. However, I believe the majority of them are the corn-based ethanol plants. Cellulosic ethanol plants are only now beginning to see progress to the point where initial plants will be coming online in the not-too-distant future...
 
Let's keep an eye on this one and see how the plans progress. As someone very interested in the ethanol solution to foreign oil dependency, and a Bethel CT resident, I look forward to one day stopping by a local gas station where I can filler' up with E85 ethanol!

 

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