A new plant, a new vision
On November 6, 2007 Range Fuels broke ground on our first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant near Soperton, Georgia. This plant will be the first in the United States to produce commercial quantities of ethanol from biomass, which includes all plant and plant-derived material, such as wood, grasses, and corn stover.

We are focused on utilizing leftover wood residues from timber harvesting that serve no useful purpose, converting them to about 20 million gallons of ethanol and other alcohols per year, initially. By the time we ramp up to full-scale operations at the Soperton Plant, the plant is projected to produce up to 100 million gallons of ethanol each year.

The plant will employ Range Fuels’ innovative and proprietary two-step thermo-chemical process, K2, which uses heat, pressure, and steam to convert biomass into synthesis gas. The syngas is then passed over our proprietary catalyst and transformed into ethanol that’s suitable for fueling vehicles.

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