[biofuels-biz] Ethanol from cellulose - was Re: brain strom - can the small companies

2001-06-19 Thread Keith Addison
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip As for ethanol look at www.iogen.ca. They have a commercial enzyme process that converts cellulose from timber straw and waste paper/card into ethanol. I have no idea if it's cheaper after excise tax than dino fuel, but it's certainly clean and renewable. Iogen

[biofuels-biz] Ethanol from cellulose - was Re: brain strom - can the small companies

2001-06-19 Thread david_design
Iogen press releases say they've just finished a 100 tonne (per day I think) pilot plant in Canada. They must be fairly confident. They say the cellulose enzyme process is econmic compared to the acid process developed by some US universities. Their planned feedstock is straw from the wheat