US Sugar eyes building ethanol plant with Coskata

摘要

New York-US Sugar Corporation, the largest sugar producer in the US, said November 17 it has reached an agreement with biofuels technology developer Coskata to explore building a 100 million gal/year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida. The facility would be the world's largest "second generation" ethanol facility and would convert leftover sugarcane material into ethanol, Clewiston-based US Sugar said in a statement.