Southwest Kansas is soon to join in the harvesting of biofuels. The US Department of Agriculture announced it will help fund 75% of the conversion of 20,000 acres in Southwest Kansas and a small portion of Oklahoma to convert switchgrass to biofuels.
The Abengoa Biofuels plant will be operating in Hugoton, Kansas by 2013. According to an Abengoa news release, the plant will convert 315,000 dry tons of switchgrass into 25 million gallons of ethanol. This amount of ethanol can generate 25 megawatts of electricity.
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