Compared to previous announcements and expectations for the biorefinery pilot plant, what is different about the new agreement between Genera and Dupont Danisco?
The scale of production for the pilot biorefinery will be smaller, with a capacity of 250,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year. This size is considered optimal to enhance the ability of researchers to make adjustments to the production methods for the purpose of continually improving the process and economics and obtaining required data to move to commercial scale operations. Additionally, a process development unit (PDU), allowing introduction of new R&D from laboratory scale research, will be built onsite, and two feedstocks – corn cobs and switchgrass — will be used to produce cellulosic ethanol.
