Novozymes concludes agreement in Brazil on the development of second-generation biofuels
Novozymes has concluded a development agreement with CTC, the Brazilian sugar cane industry's technical center. Under this agreement Novozymes will contribute enzyme technology for developing bioethanol from bagasse.
The agreement with CTC (Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira) is a research collaboration with a view to developing bioethanol from bagasse - a residual product of sugar production from sugar cane. The development work will take place in a close collaboration between CTC and Novozymes in Brazil, aided by Novozymes' R&D centers in the US and Denmark. This future process will enable higher ethanol yield in the production process from sugar cane and will thereby optimize the process economy and energy balance and will also reduce the land use and emission of green house gases further.
"We are really looking forward to the co-operation with CTC, being an important player in the Brazilian biofuels sector," says Novozymes' CEO, Steen Riisgaard. "The research agreement is part of our efforts to identify economically profitable processes within the development of biofuels from plant waste and other biomass, and although it will be a few years before we know the extent to which the co-operation can be commercialized, we see considerable potential."
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