University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiaitive

The University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative (UTBI) is a state sponsored plan to decrease our nation’s dependency on foreign oil while simultaneously increasing rural economic development and domestic energy production within Tennessee. 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 is an ethanol fuel that is derived from plant material such as switchgrass, wood chips and other forest and agricultural biomass.

For more information, visit utbioenergy.org.