Comments on: HCL Clean Tech Finds Sugar for Ethanol in Mississippi Woods https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/hcl-cleantech-mississippi/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:43:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: leigh ann michael https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/hcl-cleantech-mississippi/#comment-28752 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:43:51 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=54604#comment-28752 how likly will booneville realy be a site for a mfg plant?

]]> By: Bob Sugar https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/hcl-cleantech-mississippi/#comment-27232 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:21:18 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=54604#comment-27232 No problem, Karin. Happy to bring a touch of veritas to the table. Additionally, you could check the HCL CleanTech company website to verify the legitimate CEO is Philippe Lavielle and contact him for comment. You could also reach out to Steve Piccot, Director at Southern Research Institute in Durham, NC, and ask him who authored a certain $9 million DOE grant proposal.

]]> By: Karin Kloosterman https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/hcl-cleantech-mississippi/#comment-27228 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:20:05 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=54604#comment-27228 Thanks Bob. I will send it to Eran for comment.

]]> By: Bob Sugar https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/09/hcl-cleantech-mississippi/#comment-27218 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:10:13 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=54604#comment-27218 Interesting article but, let me shed some light with a few points of fact that nobody in the company will offer. One, at the time this article was posted, Eran was no longer CEO. Eran was deposed and a new CEO was hired in June of 2011. Two, the pilot in Durham was no longer operational (they’re trying to move it elsewhere) and proved nothing along the lines of this process being commercially viable. In actuality, far more was proven to the contrary. Three, the company is woefully behind on researching and proving their proprietary solvent extraction process which is the lynchpin to their success. The reality is they haven’t proven they can reliably make ANY sugar from wood on a pilot level, much less extract the acid THEN recover the acid and solvent.

Bottom line, if you’re expecting sugars to be made from wood in Grenada in 2012, and most likely ever, don’t hold your breath. Unfortunately for Khosla, the DOE and the state of Mississippi, they will be forced to realize this in due time.

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