Jeff Broin, POET’s CEO, arrived in Copenhagen this morning to talk about ethanol’s role in solving climate problems worldwide.
He’ll be part of a panel discussion on Wednesday titled “The global potential of biofuels,” along with other world leaders in biofuels and agriculture. It’s one of a series of events held by the Danish Climate Consortium in Copenhagen this week.
Expect cellulosic ethanol to be a large part of that discussion. In fact, there are some E85 cars in Copenhagen this week running on cellulosic ethanol from wheat straw, produced by the Inbicon demonstration plant.
In the U.S. alone, there are about a billion tons of biomass that could be used annually to produce cellulosic ethanol. That’s according to a 2005 study by the Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture. Before you ask, that does NOT include protected or inaccessible areas, environmentally sensitive land, etc. It’s biomass that you could reasonably and responsibly harvest.
Extrapolate that billion tons out to the entire world, and it’s clear we’re talking about game-changing technology.
Jeff and the POET crew have already posted a couple photos to our Flickr site. Check back for more updates throughout the week.
Here’s some coverage of Jeff’s trip from KELO-TV in Sioux Falls:
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