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DOE will invest $26 million in Mascoma's cellulosic ethanol plant in Michigan

Posted on October 07, 2008

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Ethanol, USADuring a conference call this afternoon, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm announced that the U.S. DOE will invest $26 million dollars in the state's first cellulosic ethanol production plant, being built by Mascoma in the Upper Peninsula. Granholm, speaking with a sore voice thanks to a cold, said that this is the first time that Michigan has gotten a DOE grant in partnership with the private sector.Granholm was joined by Senator Debbie Stabenow, Senator Carl Levin, Congressman Bart Stupak and others, both in Lansing and Washington, D.C., duri...

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biofuel , ethanol , tax credit