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Cellulosic ethanol booms despite unproven business models

Nature Biotechnology volume 26, pages 8–9 (2008)Cite this article

In November, VeraSun Energy, a corn-ethanol company in Brookings, South Dakota, said that it is acquiring competitor US BioEnergy, of St. Paul, Minnesota, in a stock deal worth about $686 million. That same month, Basehor, Kansas–based Ethanix Energy announced its intent to acquire, for $220 million, an ethanol plant in Sutherland, Nebraska, from Midwest Renewable Energy of Joice, Iowa.

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Waltz, E. Cellulosic ethanol booms despite unproven business models. Nat Biotechnol 26, 8–9 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0108-8

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