It lists 80-100 ethanol production facilities and has a very detailed discussion of the status and trends in renewable fuels. Neither Bluefire nor acid hydrolysis are mentioned anywhere.
No mention of either on the DOE biofuels web pages (ever since the acid hydrolysis process evaluation papers published in 2007).
How did the entire public sector and private sector miss this technology?
Or was it vetted long ago and dismissed as not economically viable?
There was a pilot plant in Izumi Japan that ceased using the Arkenol process back around 2004. Nothing since then.
Every partner has walked away before committing any funds toward construction of a commercial scale plant.
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