The company is now poised to move forward rapidly to do the required land control acquisition and related engineering and architectural design along with the public approval process in order to secure about $1B in US Department of Energy/US Treasury funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of February, 2009 by application due date of September 1, 2011.

Recycle Waste To Fuel in Renesselear, New York partners with Qteros

Several months ago, amid reports that Qteros — a company working to use something called the ‘Q microbe’ to revolutionize ethanol production — would be leaving the Pioneer Valley to continue its progression in Worcester, its CEO, Bill Frey, announced a commitment to maintain a strong presence in the 413 area code. It has taken some time, and some maneuvering, but he’s now making good on that pledge.

On Oct. 9, Frey and a host of other dignitaries officially broke ground, if you will, on a $3.2 million pilot plant that will be located in a 16,000-square-foot building off Padgett Road in Chicopee that was built on spec by Agawam-based Development Associates.

Qteros, which Frey boldly describes as the “Microsoft of energy,” will soon commence work to ‘scale up’ its production of ethanol.

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