US biofuel firm to put timber in the tank

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Fresh from securing $100m in funding Range Fuels is pressing ahead with the construction of an ethanol plant capable of turning wood into biofuel

Ethanol producer Range Fuels has secured over $100m in second round funding for the creation of the first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the US. The company, which plans to start producing...

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