Couple sue Iowa ethanol plant after blaze

Iowa City Press-Citizen


Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register10:43 a.m. CDT May 21, 2014


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Cellulosic ethanol requires efficiently collecting corn stover bales

Midwest Producer


March 05, 2014 12:00 pm  •  By Andrea Johnson, For Midwest Producer


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Arcadia Biosciences, DuPont Pioneer collaborate on sorghum

Biomass Magazine

By Arcadia Biosciences Inc. | November 26, 2013

 

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BP, DuPont launch Minnesota biobutanol venture

Hydrocarbon Processing

10.02.2013  

 

 

 

By MARK DRAJEM
Bloomberg

 
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DuPont Seeks Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Ventures

nasdaq.com
By Dow Jones Business News,  July 19, 2013, 04:55:00 PM EDT


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DuPont executive says company still enthusiastic about cellulosic ethanol

Des Moines Register Online

May 16, 2013

 

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USDA, DuPont pair up on corn stover guidelines

SFGate.com

By DAVID PITT, Associated Press

Updated 1:47 pm, Friday, March 29, 2013

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Reportstack releases new report on 2012-2014 Global and China industrial enzyme industry

Biobased Digest
Tom Saidak
March 7, 2013   Read more

6 questions for DuPont’s CEO on startups, ethanol and solar (interview)

Gigaom.com

By Katie Fehrenbacher

February 27, 2013

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Verdezyne sells xylose technology to DuPont Industrial Biosciences

Biofuels Digest
Thomas Saidak
December 18, 2012   Read more

DuPont breaks ground on $200 million cellulosic ethanol refinery

Des Moines Register
11:46 PM, Nov 30, 2012
  Written by Dan Piller
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DuPont set to move ahead with refinery

Delaware Online
5:08 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Written by
Cori Anne Natoli
The News Journal

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DuPont lets engineering contract for Iowa cellulosic ethanol project

Oil&GasJournal
HOUSTON, July 6, 2012
by OGJ editors

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE) let a contract to KBR for engineering and procurement services for DuPont’s first cellulosic ethanol plant, which is to be built in Nevada, Iowa.

DDCE, a DuPont subsidiary under the DuPont Industrial Biosciences Group, already produces cellulosic ethanol at a precommercial plant in Vonore, Tenn.

The Iowa plant will be designed to process 1,300 tons/day of corn cobs, leaves, and stalks to produce 27.5 million gal/year of ethanol, which would be blended into gasoline to help US fuel manufacturers fulfill federal requirements, KBR said

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As state funds expire, Genera seeks new mission

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By Kay Brookshire
Knoxville News Sentinel
Posted June 4, 2012 at 3 a.m.

As the state's five-year, $70.5 million investment in the Tennessee Biofuels Initiative comes to an end in June, Genera Energy will take on a more focused role as a biomass supply company for biofuels producers.


At the same time, the University of Tennessee will spin off a second company, TennEra, based on the Genera model, to pursue related opportunities to transfer university technology to the marketplace, according to Kelly Tiller, Genera president and CEO.

TennEra's general research and development focus will be on technologies and processes for biomass fractionation, or separating cellulosic biomass components and commercial application of biorefinery co-products. UT's Center for Renewable Carbon and Department of Biosystem Engineering and Soil Science have contributed research in those areas, according to UT's website.

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2 Iowa ethanol facilities weigh switch to butanol

DesMoinesRegister.com
11:57 PM, May. 1, 2012
Written by DAN PILLER

Fuel offers advantages, but changeover would be costly

A joint venture of DuPont and BP announced Tuesday that two Iowa ethanol plants are considering converting their operations to production of biobutanol, a fuel with higher energy content than ethanol.

Lincolnway Energy of Nevada and Corn LP of Goldfield are reserving the option to switch production. They would join Highwater Ethanol of Minnesota as “early adapters” to butanol, with a target of production for the automobile consumer market by 2014.

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Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol Program

Agwired.com
Posted on March 12, 2012 by Chuck

During the recent Pioneer Hi-Bred media event, “Turning Insight Into Action,” Chet Holingshead visited with Steve Mirshak, Global Business Director for Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol. Steve conducted a presentation titled, “DCE – Achieving Sustainable Residue Harvest Goals for Energy Independence.” The company is constructing a cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, IA with construction to start later this year. Steve talks about the planned 27.5 million gallon plant which will be built on land purchased from Lincolnway Energy. He says there are synergies with working closely with Lincolnway Energy.

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BASF, DuPont Back Biofeedstocks

Chemical & Engineering News
Volume 90 Issue 2 January 9, 2012 p. 8
By Melody Bomgardner

Investment: Corporate money may speed commercialization of biomass-to-feedstock technologies

The Renmatix process extracts sugars from cellulose with supercritical water.
Credit: RenmatixChemical giants BASF and DuPont have made equity investments in two young industrial biotech firms focused on biomass-based feedstocks for chemicals and fuels. The start-ups say the corporate backing will help them reach commercial-scale production quickly.

BASF invested $30 million in cellulosic sugar firm Renmatix, based in King of Prussia, Pa. Renmatix has developed technology to extract C5 and C6 sugars from cellulosic biomass using supercritical water. The sugars can then be fermented to produce biofuels or basic chemical products. The company claims its new process is significantly less expensive than current cellulose digestion systems that rely on enzymes, acid hydrolysis, or gasification.

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DuPont addresses biofuels, biochemicals during Investor Day event

Biorefining Magazine
By Erin Voegele December 15, 2011

DuPont recently held its 2011 Investor Day event during which the company Chair and CEO Ellen Kullman and its senior leaders detailed the global growth strategy of DuPont and its business segments. Regarding its Industrial Biosciences segment, the presentation noted that long-term compound annual sales growth is expected to be 10 to 12 percent, with pretax operating income margins between 15 and 17 percent. The company said this growth will be driven by continued innovations and the commercialization of DuPont’s biofuels business, and that new products, productivity and cost synergies will contribute to the achievement of margin goals.

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DDCE re-named Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol; taps Mirshak as new chief

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane November 16, 2011

In Iowa, DuPont Industrial Biosciences announced today management changes to its cellulosic ethanol business, formerly known as DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE).

Steven J. Mirshak has been named business director, DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol. He was most recently the president of DuPont Tate and Lyle Bio Products, a joint venture between DuPont and Tate and Lyle in Loudon, Tenn. In his new role, Mirshak remains in Tennessee and will leverage his experience in commercializing biobased products to spur the development and production of cellulosic ethanol.

Joe Skurla, former CEO of DDCE, will be retiring at the end of the year.

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Novozymes Wins $18.3 Million in Danisco Trial Over Enzymes

Bloomberg
By Susan Decker and Gelu Sulugiuc - Oct 27, 2011 9:14 AM CT .

Novozymes A/S, the world’s largest maker of industrial enzymes, said it won a U.S. trial in which a jury ordered DuPont Co.’s Danisco unit to pay $18.3 million for infringing a patent related to biofuel production.

Danisco, the biggest maker of food additives and second- largest industrial enzyme producer, was found to have willfully infringed the patent, a finding that may raise the damages award, Bagsvaerd, Denmark-based Novozymes said in a statement. DuPont, which bought Danisco in June, said it plans to appeal.

Novozymes sued Copenhagen-based Danisco last year in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin, accusing the company of taking its technology on an alpha amylase enzyme that remains active in high temperatures. The companies make substances that break down organic materials such as grain and corn to form an alternative to fossil fuels. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled in July that some Danisco products infringed the patent.

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