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Shell station starts selling E10 in Ottawa using wheat straw ethanol

A Shell station near Ottawa, Canada is leading the way in offering cellulosic ethanol at the pump. While many companies, including some in Canada, are working on making the biofuel, not many have gotten it to the refueling station. Blended at 10 percent with unleaded (E10), the ethanol is made by Iogen, which has a process that uses enzymes to chemically break down wheat straw until the cellulose molecules become ethanol. The most interesting part of this ethanol is that it isn't obtained from feedstock, but from agricultural waste. Both ... Read more →

Shell and Codexis expanding cellulosic ethanol development Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Iogen ships first 26,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol to Shell Sam Abuelsamid

Canadian cellulosic ethanol producer Iogen has shipped the first 26,000 gallons of an order for Royal Dutch Shell. Iogen recently announced a deal with Shell that would see them cooperate on ...

DOE pours $385 million into cellulosic ethanol production Dane Muldoon

The U.S. Department of Energy has dug into its coffers once again for alternative energy research, this time putting up to $385 million forward to fund six cellulosic ethanol over the next four ...

Shell station starts selling E10 in Ottawa using wheat straw ethanol 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

A Shell station near Ottawa, Canada is leading the way in offering cellulosic ethanol at the pump. While many companies, including some in Canada, are working on making the biofuel, not many have gotten it to the refueling station. Blended at 10 percent with unleaded (E10), the ethanol is made by ...

Shell and Codexis expanding cellulosic ethanol development 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Iogen ships first 26,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol to Shell 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Canadian cellulosic ethanol producer Iogen has shipped the first 26,000 gallons of an order for Royal Dutch Shell. Iogen recently announced a deal with Shell that would see them cooperate on commercializing cellulosic ethanol production. Iogen has a demonstration plant near the Canadian capitol and ...

DOE pours $385 million into cellulosic ethanol production 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Department of Energy has dug into its coffers once again for alternative energy research, this time putting up to $385 million forward to fund six cellulosic ethanol over the next four years. DOE Secretary Samuel W. Bodman made the announcement, going on to say that when fully operational, ...


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