Accelerated path to commercialization. Comstock Inc. is marketing its cellulosic ethanol production technology to existing first-generation corn ethanol facilities for upgrades to and construction of co-located commercial scale cellulosic ethanol production facilities to convert forestry waste and other forms of lignocellulosic biomass into cellulosic ethanol at improved yield and cost when compared to corn. Ethanol, made from corn starch from kernels is currently the most significant biofuel in the United States. Comstock’s first bio-intermediate is a purified form of cellulosic sugar which may be used as a chemically identical “drop-in” feedstock in corn ethanol facilities to produce about eighty gallons of advanced cellulosic ethanol per dry ton of woody biomass.Economics expected to drive interest. Based on current market conditions and prices, Comstock estimates that a 100-million-gallon corn ethanol producer that upgrades its facility to produce an additional twenty million gallons of cellulosic ethanol could increase revenue by more than 30%. This is based on incentives available under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s renewable fuels standards program which assigns renewable identification numbers (RINs) to each gallon of renewable fuel produced or imported into the United States, along with incentives provided by states like California that have enacted low carbon fuels standards. Read More >>