BEIJING, China -– Bioinnovation firm Novozymes, productor y proveedor de productos agrícolas procesados COFCO, y Sinopec, the world’s third-largest oil refinery, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that covers the next steps towards commercialization of cellulosic biofuel in China, according to a press release from Novozymes.
According to the agreement, COFCO and Sinopec will build a cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant that will produce three million gallons per year of bioethanol made from corn stover. Novozymes will supply enzymes for the new plant — including Cellic CTec2, an enzyme product launched by Novozymes in February that enables the biofuel industry to produce cellulosic ethanol at a price competitive with gasoline and conventional ethanol. The plant is expected to come online in the third quarter of 2011.
La nueva instalación será la planta de demostración más grande de China que convierte residuos agrícolas en biocombustible. Solo los residuos agrícolas chinos superan los 700 millones de toneladas métricas al año.