University of Tennessee - Institute of Agriculture - Tennessee Biofuels Initiative

http://www.utbioenergy.org/TNBiofuelsInitiative/

Knoxville, TN
Sam Jackson, Research Assistant Professor
samjackson@utk.edu
865-946-1124

The University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative (UTBI) is a state sponsored plan to decrease our dependency on foreign oil while simultaneously increasing rural economic development and domestic energy production within Tennessee.

The UTBI proposes to jump-start a new bioenergy industry in the state by building and operating a pilot scale cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in East Tennessee. The principal product of the refinery will be Grassoline, ethanol fuel that is derived from plant material such as switchgrass, wood chips and other forest and agricultural biomass.

Retrieved from UTBI website on 1/7/2010.