GreenPower+™
With GreenPower+™ hemicelluloses are extracted from biomass en route to a boiler.
The hemicelluloses are then hydrolyzed to sugars. The rest of the biomass is burned
in the boiler to make renewable electricity. The co-location and mass and heat integration
between the electricity production and the cellulosic sugar production make GreenPower+™ a
competitive sugar platform even at small production scale.
GreenPower+™ demonstration
GreenPower+™ will be demonstrated at the Alpena Biorefinery in Alpena, Michigan. The biorefinery is currently under construction and scheduled for start-up in the second quarter of
2012.
The Alpena Biorefinery project received $18 million from the Department of Energy
and $4 million from the State of Michigan. It has been named a Center of Energy
Excellence and a Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone by the state of Michigan.