We’re inviting not only prospective plant owners. The cellulosic future is a work in progress, and progress is the work of many hands and heads. We’re looking for broad collaboration with the leaders, inventors, and developers of this energy new cellulosic industry. We envision a dynamic, interconnected matrix of Inbicon people sharing what each is learning with one another and with those we partner with. So we’re also inviting construction engineers, equipment suppliers, enzyme developers, venture capitalists, government agencies, university researchers - as well as the prospective new owners in the power industry, in the grain-ethanol industry, and among CHP-driven manufacturers.    

Great industries don’t begin on a grand scale. They start with individual conversations, a one-on-one encounter, a phone call, a meeting over dinner at a trade show. They begin when one idea sparks another. Conversation can lead to collaboration, collaboration to innovation, and innovation to sustainable solutions for a world shackled by fossil fuels and conventional thinking. 

For example, in 2008 Mitsui (MES) first came to us with questions about converting an ag waste common to Malaysia. After successful testing at our pilot plant in Denmark, Mitsui ended up planning commercial-scale Inbicon Biomass Refineries integrated with power generation plants.

In the U.S., conversations connected us to Minnesota’s Great River Energy, who saw the great potential of replacing coal with our clean lignin in electricity generation.  And who recognized how waste steam from the power plant could cook the straw for biomass processing. So Great River is planning to build a new 20MMgy Inbicon Biomass Refinery and integrate it with their new Spiritwood Power Station. Result: a huge gain in efficiency for both operations.

Recent discussions are also leading to projects that convert corn stover, sugar bagasse, and energy crops into ethanol.  And to innovative thinkers who explore how process streams are turned into high-margin products.

Bring your ideas and be part of the conversation. We want to do more than turn biomass into ethanol. Help us turn The New Ethanol into energy independence and a greener planet.