Ethanol from Cheese?
There’s always a better whey.
A Wisconsin cheese producer, Joe Van Groll of Stratford, Wisconsin, has a way with whey.
For nearly a decade, Van Groll experimented using the waste product of cheese manufacturing, whey permeate, to manufacture ethanol. During the past four years, he’s been doing just that, and believes his process can produce ethanol for less than $1 a gallon.
