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Shell and Codexis expanding cellulosic ethanol development

Codexis and Shell are expanding their collaboration on developing non-food based biofuels. Codexis develops what the company calls biocatalysts, the enzymes used to break down cellulose into simple sugar molecules. Codexis and Shell have had a cooperative agreement since 2007 and the expansion will see Iogen Energy participating as well. Iogen is already operating a cellulosic ethanol pilot plant near Ottawa, Canada. The hope is that the work of Codexis will be able to improve the efficiency of Iogen's processes so that costs can be reduced ... Read more →

RETECH 2009: Could SunSpuds break through America's ethanol limit? Sebastian Blanco

At the RETECH 2009 conference in Las Vegas recently, I learned about an interesting crop during the "Advanced Conventional Biofuels" breakout session. Phil Madson, the president of KATZEN ...

Cellulosic ethanol could get a boost from a sea grub Sam Abuelsamid

As we know, breaking down long-chain cellulose molecules into individual sugar molecules is problematic on an industrial scale. In nature, of course, this happens all the time thanks to little ...

Reducing GHG emissions by producing bioplastics alongside ethanol Sam Abuelsamid

Aside from metals such as iron, steel and aluminum, perhaps the most common material in cars is plastic. Most of the plastic made today is derived from petroleum. Besides the raw materials used, a ...

Corn ethanol or cellulosic ethanol? To Congress, the difference is sometimes irrelevant Sebastian Blanco

AutoblogGreen readers know about cellulosic ethanol (if you're new to the site, click here for previous posts on the subject) What you might not know is that Congress, a big friend of big ethanol, has ...

Mascoma and Tamarack Energy Partner on Cellulosic Ethanol; Focus on Forestry Waste 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The real potential for ethanol lies not in the corn fields of the Nebraska and Iowa but in cellulose. The amount of sugar that can be converted to alcohol that is locked up in cellulosic biomass far exceeds what is available from corn kernels. The problem is, well, that it's locked in there. The ...

Honda and RITE develop new cellolosic ethanol technology 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda announced today that it, along with Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), has developed a new way to produce cellulosic ethanol. We're all pretty aware of the benefits cellulosic ethanol would give, but it has proven difficult to make lots of it cheaply and easily. ...

Makin' ethanol from the old poplar tree 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Technically, as many of our readers know, you can make ethanol out of any plant material. But some plants (and part of plants) are easier to convert to the biofuel than others. Researchers at Purdue University think that the fast-growing poplar tree (it's harvestable in seven years, they say) could ...

Iowa State researchers are makin' ethanol the moldy way 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Cellulose ethanol is one step closer. Ethanol can now be somewhat easily made from corn fibers, thanks to a process that uses mold and was discovered at Iowa State and announced last week. The fibers, created when producer make corn syrup, are often turned into animal feed. If they The discovery ...

Mad Scientist Matt sees the "possible improvement" of cellulose ethanol over traditional 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

He calls himself the Mad Scientist Matt, but Matt Cramer is really a skeptical yet hopeful auto fanatic who is keeping an eye out for ethanol news. Like many others, Cramer knows that growing corn to make ethanol (actually, as he mentions on his blog, growing corn to make ethanol just from the ...

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