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DuPont-Danisco JV Breaks Ground for Biofuels Facility; Corn Residue and Switchgrass for Feedstock

Posted on October 15, 2008

The DuPont-Danisco cellulosic ethanol joint venture (earlier post), DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE), has broken ground for its first pilot-scale biorefinery and state-of-the-art biofuels research and development facility in Vonore, Tenn. The joint venture has partnered with the University of Tennessee Research Foundation, through Genera Energy LLC, to develop the pilot facility and the agronomic supply chain for switchgrass in Tennessee. The facility design will incorporate the flexibility to operate on two different non-food biomass feedstocks corn stover, cobs and fiber; and s...

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