Commercialization by country Cellulosic ethanol commercialization

1 commercialization country

1.1 australia
1.2 brazil
1.3 canada
1.4 china
1.5 denmark
1.6 germany
1.7 india
1.8 italy
1.9 japan
1.10 norway
1.11 russia
1.12 spain
1.13 sweden
1.14 united states

1.14.1 government support
1.14.2 commercial development

commercialization country
australia

ethtec building pilot plant in harwood, new south wales, uses wood residues feedstock.

brazil

granbio (formerly known graalbio) building facility projected produce 82 million litres of cellulosic ethanol per year.

canada

in canada, iogen corp. developer of cellulosic ethanol process technology. iogen has developed proprietary process , operates demonstration-scale plant in ontario. facility has been designed , engineered process 40 tons of wheat straw per day ethanol using enzymes made in adjacent enzyme manufacturing facility. in 2004, iogen began delivering first shipments of cellulosic ethanol marketplace. in near term, company intends commercialize cellulose ethanol process licensing technology broadly through turnkey plant construction partnerships. company evaluating sites in united states , canada first commercial-scale plant.

lignol innovations has pilot plant, uses wood feedstock, in vancouver.

in march 2009, kl energy corporation of south dakota , prairie green renewable energy of alberta announced intention develop cellulosic ethanol plant near hudson bay, saskatchewan. northeast saskatchewan renewable energy facility use kl energy’s modern design , engineering produce ethanol wood waste.

china

cellulosic ethanol production exists @ pilot , commercial demonstration scale, including plant in china engineered sunopta inc. , owned , operated china resources alcohol corporation producing cellulosic ethanol corn stover (stalks , leaves) on continuous, 24-hour-per-day basis.

denmark

inbicon s bioethanol plant in kalundborg, capacity produce 5.4 million liters (1.4 million gallons) annually, opened in 2009. believed world s largest cellulosic ethanol plant of 2011, facility runs on 30,000 metric tons (33,000 tons) of straw per year , plant employs 30 people. plant produces 13,000 metric tons of lignin pellets per year, used fuel @ combined-heat-and-power plants, , 11,100 metric tons of c5 molasses used biomethane production via anaerobic digestion, , has been tested high carbohydrate animal feed supplement , potential bio-based feedstock production of numerous commodity chemicals including diols, glycols, organic acids, , biopolymer precursors , intermediates.

since october 2010, e5 blend of 95% gasoline , 5% cellulosic ethanol blend has been available @ 100 filling stations across denmark. distributed statoil, bio95 2g mixture uses ethanol derived wheat straw collected on danish fields after harvest , produced inbicon (a div. of dong energy), using enzyme technology novozymes.

germany

the biofuel company butalco has signed research , development contract hohenheim university. institute of fermentation technology within department of food science , biotechnology @ hohenheim university has been concerned questions on production of bioethanol 30 years. focus in recent years has been on improvement of material, energy , life cycle assessment of production of ethanol. special interest butalco use of newly built pilot plant, equipped safety class 1 approved fermentation room 4 x 1.5 m³ fermenters. concept of plant allows both starch , lignocellulosic based raw materials processed. collaboration allow butalco optimise c5 sugar fermenting , butanol producing yeast strains on technical scale , produce first amounts of bioethanol lignocellulose. whole process of production of biofuel choice of cellulosic biomass feedstock conversion sugars , fermentation through purification optimised under industrial conditions.



in straubing, specialty chemicals company clariant has been operating precommercial plant based on sunliquid process since 2012. plant able produce 1000 tons of cellulosic ethanol agricultural residues such wheat straw, corn stover or sugarcane bagasse. process technology uses enzymatic hydrolysis, followed fermentation of c5 , c6 sugar ethanol. company plans licence technology worldwide.

india

cellulosic ethanol production exists @ pilot scale, efforts being made on utilization of waste lignocellulosic biomass ethanol production. pilot scale studies utilization of pine needles , lantana weed undertaken @ cellulose , paper division, forest research institute, dehradun, india.

italy

italy-based mossi & ghisolfi group broke ground 13 million gallons (49,000 m) per year cellulosic ethanol facility in crescentino in northwestern italy on april 12, 2011. project largest cellulosic ethanol project in world, 10 times larger of operating demonstration-scale facilities. plant expected become operational in 2012 , use variety of locally sourced feedstocks, beginning wheat straw , arundo donax, perennial giant cane .

japan

nippon oil corporation , other japanese manufacturers including toyota motor corporation plan set research body develop cellulose-derived biofuels. consortium plans produce 250,000 kilolitres (1.6 million barrels) per year of bioethanol march 2014, , produce bioethanol @ 40 yen ($0.437) per litre (about $70 barrel) 2015.

in march 2009, honda motor announced agreement construction of new cellulosic ethanol research facility in japan. new kazusa-branch facility of honda fundamental technology research center built within kazusa akademia park, in kisarazu, chiba. construction scheduled begin in april 2009, aim begin operations in november 2009.

norway

in october 2010, norway-based cellulosic ethanol technology developer weyland commenced production @ 200,000 liter (approximately 53,000 gallon) pilot-scale facility in bergen, norway. plant demonstrate company’s acid hydrolysis production process, paving way commercial-scale project. company plans market technology worldwide.

russia

a commercial factory converting wood (50% softwood + 50% hardwood) ethanol in operation in northern russia, city of kirov, since 1972 , still profitable. side products company, kirov biochemical works, offering dry fodder yeast (20 tons/month) , lignin. install equipment drying , burning lignin, both fresh , accumulated in landfill, steam , electricity, bank loan of $200 million secured.

spain

abengoa continues invest heavily in necessary technology bringing cellulosic ethanol market. utilizing process , pre-treatment technology sunopta inc., abengoa building 5 million gallons (19,000 m) cellulosic ethanol facility in spain , have entered strategic research , development agreement dyadic international, inc. (amex: dil), create new , better enzyme mixtures may used improve both efficiencies , cost structure of producing cellulosic ethanol.

sweden

sekab has developed industrial process production of ethanol biomass feed-stocks, including wood chips , sugar cane bagasse. development work being carried out @ advanced pilot plant in Örnsköldsvik, , has sparked international interest. technology gradually scaled commercial production in new breed of bio-refineries 2013 2015.

united states

the government actively supports development , commercialization of cellulosic ethanol through variety of mechanisms. in first decade of 21st century, lot of companies announced plans build commercial cellulosic ethanol plants, of plans fell apart, , many of small companies went bankrupt. (2016), here many demonstration plants throughout country, , handful of commercial-scale plants in operation or close it. market cellulosic ethanol in united states projected continue growing in coming years, outlook industry good.

government support

the federal government actively promoting development of ethanol cellulosic feedstocks alternative conventional petroleum transportation fuels. example, programs sponsored u.s. department of energy (doe) include research develop better cellulose hydrolysis enzymes , ethanol-fermenting organisms, engineering studies of potential processes, co-funding initial ethanol cellulosic biomass demonstration , production facilities. research conducted various national laboratories,including national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), oak ridge national laboratory (ornl) , idaho national laboratory (inl), universities , private industry. engineering , construction companies , operating companies conducting engineering work.

in may 2008, congress passed new farm bill accelerate commercialization of advanced biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol. food, conservation, , energy act of 2008 provides grants covering 30% of cost of developing , building demonstration-scale biorefineries producing advanced biofuels, includes fuels not produced corn kernel starch. allows loan guarantees of $250 million building commercial-scale biorefineries produce advanced biofuels.

using newly developed tool known biofuels deployment model , sandia researchers have determined 21 billion gallons (79,000,000 m) of cellulosic ethanol produced per year 2022 without displacing current crops. renewable fuels standard, part of 2007 energy independence , security act, calls increase in biofuels production 36 billion gallons (140,000,000 m) year 2022.

in january 2011, usda approved $405 million in loan guarantees through 2008 farm bill support commercialization of cellulosic ethanol @ 3 facilities owned coskata, enerkem , ineos new planet bioenergy. projects represent combined 73 million gallons (280,000 m) per year production capacity , begin producing cellulosic ethanol in 2012. usda released list of advanced biofuel producers receive payments expand production of advanced biofuels. in july 2011, department of energy gave in $105 million in loan guarantees poet commercial-scale plant built emmetsburg, iowa.

commercial development

the cellulosic ethanol industry in united states developed new commercial-scale plants in 2008. plants totaling 12 million liters (3.17 million gal) per year operational, , additional 80 million liters (21.13 million gal.) per year of capacity - in 26 new plants - under construction. (for comparison estimated petroleum consumption uses 816 million gal/day in 2008.)