Sierra Nevada beer production waste used to make ethanol

Auto Blog: Emerging Technologies , Ethanol , Green Daily Beer. What can’t it do? I mean, you can turn leftovers from the production process into ethanol or ethanol or even electricity ethanol . Want to hear something else? You can also turn it into ethanol. No, seriously. That’s what the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and E-Fuel will do following today’s announcement of a new agreement between the two companies to use discarded beer yeast to make high-grade ethanol. E-Fuel will install some of its MicroFueler portable ethanol micro-refineries at a Sierra Nevada brewery in Chico, California. Sierra Nevada will then make its own ethanol right at the plant starting with tests in the second quarter of 2009. Full-scale production should be a reality later in the year. Details available after the jump, but the important part is that the stuff that used to go to local farms to feed their livestock will now be used to fuel Sierra Nevada vehicles. [Source: E-Fuel] Continue reading Sierra Nevada beer production waste used to make ethanol Sierra Nevada beer production waste used to make ethanol originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green

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Sierra Nevada beer production waste used to make ethanol