DSM announces new technology for second generation biofuel production

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 59 KB
• Volume: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4180
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4180(10)70320-2

✦ Synopsis

Koninklijke DSM nv is to produce biofuels from agricultural waste and, on 28 Jun 2010 at the world congress for industrial technology in Washington, will present further information on the new technology that it will use. The waste products, which include straw and wood chips, will be converted to ethanol using enzymes and a specially developed strain of yeast. This process will not impact on food production as the starting materials are not suitable for this purpose.