Category Archives: Cellulosic Ethanol

Nonfood crops to be used at new ethanol site

Cellulosic ethanol – ethanol made from nonfood crops – has been an alluring but elusive promise. that promise might finally be taking solid form.

Nonfood crops to be used at new ethanol site

Ethanol plant is big business for area

Turn grass into gas. Tom Robb touts the plan like any good recruiter. after all, he says, switch …

Ethanol plant is big business for area

DSM Chief Seeks Poet-Style Ethanol Tie-ups From Brazil to China

Royal DSM NV, the Dutch enzyme maker which last month set up a cellulosic ethanol venture with Poet LLC, is seeking similar tie-ups in Brazil, China and Europe, Chief Executive Officer Feike Sijbesma said.

DSM Chief Seeks Poet-Style Ethanol Tie-ups From Brazil to China

Green Blog: New Enzyme Could Cut Cost of Ethanol Made From Waste

Novozymes, a maker of industrial enzymes, says it has developed a product that is more efficient at converting corn husks, household waste and other raw material into ethanol, potentially making the process more competitive with ethanol made from corn.

Green Blog: New Enzyme Could Cut Cost of Ethanol Made From Waste

Mascoma Announces FDA Favorable Review of Drop-In MGT™ Yeast Product

Mascoma Corporation, a renewable fuels company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has completed its scientific review and supports the use of the Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT™, yeast product as a processing aid in the production of animal feed, which is a by-product of the corn ethanol conversion process.

Mascoma Announces FDA Favorable Review of Drop-In MGT™ Yeast Product

Cellulosic ethanol may play role in local biofuel production

For the past decade, corn ethanol has predominated Midwest biofuel production. but with increased technology and interest, an additional ethanol — cellulosic ethanol — may also shape local farming.

Cellulosic ethanol may play role in local biofuel production

New Enzyme Could Cut Cost of Ethanol Made From Waste

Novozymes, a maker of industrial enzymes, says it has developed a product that is more efficient at converting corn husks, household waste and other raw material into ethanol, potentially making the process more competitive with ethanol made from corn.

New Enzyme Could Cut Cost of Ethanol Made From Waste

Novozymes Says Additive Expected to Push Ethanol Prices Lower

Novozymes A/S, the world’s biggest maker of enzymes for biofuels, has produced an additive that may lower the price of producing ethanol from natural waste products, a company vice president said.

Novozymes Says Additive Expected to Push Ethanol Prices Lower

New Enzyme Could Make Cellulosic Ethanol Competitive With Fossil Fuels

Efforts to create a market for cellulosic ethanol in the U.S. veered into the realm of the absurd last month when companies faced fines of $6.8 million for failing to meet a 2011 federal quota to blend 6.6 million gallons of the renewable fuel into oil and diesel supplies.

New Enzyme Could Make Cellulosic Ethanol Competitive With Fossil Fuels

Minnesota loses cellulosic ethanol venture

A biofuels company opts for plants elsewhere after being helped by nearly $1 million in grant funding from Minnesota.

Minnesota loses cellulosic ethanol venture