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Dupont Danisco: cellulosic ethanol ready to be commercialized
By Anna Austin


Report posted May 22, 2009, at 2:37 p.m. CST

The Biotechnology Industry Organization recently hosted a briefing on the progress companies are making in bringing advanced biofuels to the marketplace, and indicated it is confident that the advanced biofuel requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard can be met.

The current cellulosic biofuel mandate is set at 1 billion gallons by 2013, with additional annual increases to 16 billion gallons in 2022. The advanced biofuel requirement also includes 1 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel by 2012.

Speakers at the briefing included DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC Vice President of Commercial and Public Affairs Jack Huttner; Gevo Inc. CEO Patrick Gruber; and Novozymes North America President Lars Hansen.

Dupont Danisco’s cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in Vonore, Tenn., should be operational in December 2009, according to Huttner. “Our objective is to build a couple of demonstration plants, and then license our technology to biorefinery companies throughout North America and the world,” he said. "From our point of view, [cellulosic ethanol] technology is ready for commercialization. This is no longer a technology that is five years from being commercially viable.”

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