With focus turning from corn, Wyo plant could be biofuel model. KL Energy Corporation

In this tiny town on Wyoming’s northern plains, workers feed large piles of aromatic pine chips into a labyrinth of pipes and tanks that process the wood into 200-proof liquid ethanol.

KL Energy Corp.’s http://www.klprocess.com/ test plant is among those at the forefront of a concerted research effort to turn trees, waste wood and other plants into automobile fuel.

The Rapid City, S.D.-based company hopes to capitalize on doubts about corn ethanol and the federal government’s embrace of biofuels as a way to create jobs, help replace imported oil and protect the environment.

By BOB MOEN
Associated Press writer

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