Ethanol industry leaders want to tell the story that the future of cellulosic ethanol has arrived.

To that end, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is hosting a media event in Washington DC on October 2 featuring representatives from some of the pioneering companies that are making cellulosic ethanol a reality.

Among those companies are Abengoa Bioenergy, which is buidling the nation’s first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Kansas; POET, which is converting an existing 50 million gallon per year dry-mill ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa into a commercial cellulosic biorefinery; Verenium, a leading developer of biofuels derived from biomass and the developer of specialty enzyme products; and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) which is working with Conoco-Phillips on the development of renewable transportation fuels from biomass.

Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner is also scheduled to make remarks at the event.