Wilmington, Delaware
April 24, 2009
 Last
year, DuPont formed a joint
venture with Danisco’s
Genencor to create a market-facing company that would bring
a low-cost, integrated cellulosic ethanol technology package out
of the labs and into the marketplace.
Within two months, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE)
joined forces with the University of Tennessee to announce plans
for its first cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant.
Switchgrass and corncob -- two non-food raw materials -- give
DDCE a base for widespread deployment in North America.
With offices in a suburb of Chicago, DDCE now is working daily
with oil companies, farmers, technology companies and first
generation ethanol companies as it drives to deliver its
technology to the market by 2012.
“We’re not talking about something that’s going to happen in
five years, in 10 years – it’s going to happen next year,” said
Joe Skurla, the joint venture’s chief executive officer.
Discussing the backing of large companies, Skurla said, “The
DuPont Danisco name brings a real comfort factor with it to
potential investors and partners.”
For more information, visit www.ddce.com. To read the latest
about the biofuels industry, visit
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_17/b4128038014860.htm.
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