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Published online 30 September 2009 | Nature 461, 582-583 (2009) | doi:10.1038/461582a
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Cellulosic ethanol hits roadblocks
The third of four weekly articles looks at how the financial crisis is slowing efforts to commercialize next-generation ethanol.
This year was supposed to be a big year for BlueFire Ethanol. The company, based in Irvine, California, had planned to start operating its first commercial cellulosic biofuel plant by the end of the year, converting waste from a neighbouring landfill into ethanol.
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