Companies Focusing on Cellulosic Ethanol
Prominent Companies Classified Based on their Cellulosic Ethanol Production Route
The following are the process-routes that can be adopted by companies pursuing cellulosic ethanol
- Biomass -> Pretreatment -> Enzyme hydrolysis -> Glucose fermentation -> Ethanol recovery -> Ethanol
- Biomass -> Pretreatment -> Acid hydrolysis -> Glucose fermentation -> Ethanol recovery -> Ethanol
- Biomass -> Gasification -> Syngas -> Syngas fermentation -> Ethanol recovery -> Ethanol
- Biomass -> Gasification -> Syngas -> Catalytic Synthesis -> Ethanol recovery -> Ethanol
- Consolidated Bio-processing
Cellulosic ethanol companies and their profiles are provided below based on the process-routes followed by them.
Companies employing Process route 1:
- Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC
- POET
- Iogen
- Inbicon Biomass Refinery
- Mossi & Ghisolfi - Chemtex Italia
- Lignol
- KL Energy
- AE Biofuels
- Logos Technologies, Inc.
Companies employing Process route 2:
- Bluefire Ethanol
- SEKAB
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Weyland AS
Companies employing Process route 3:
Coskata
Companies employing Process route 4:
- Enerkem
- Range Fuels (formerly known as Kergy)
Companies Trying Multiple and/or Unique Process Routes
- Abengoa Bioenergy
- Zeachem
- INEOS New Planet Bioenergy LLC
- Mascoma
- Qteros (formerly known as Sun ethanol)
- American Process, Inc.
- Pacific Ethanol
Related Links:
- Ethanol as Biofuels
- What are feedstocks?
- Properties of Feedstocks for ethanol production
- Yield of Biomass for Various Feedstocks
- Feedstocks used by Various Companies
- Why Cellulosic Ethanol?
- Cellulosic Ethanol Production
- Cellulosic Ethanol Production Value Chain
- Ethanol production methods
- Latest Discoveries and Breakthroughs
- R & D Roadmap in Cellulosic Ethanol
- Future projections
- Companies Involved in Producing Cellulosic Ethanol
- Investments & Funding
- Challenges & Barriers in the commercialization process







