Wollte diesem Thread die Firma Xethanol zufügen, weil ich denke dass diese hier gut rein passt. Ethanolgewinnung, nicht wie herkömmlich aus Mais, sondern auch aus Abfällen.
Anbei eine schon etwas ältere News:
Xethanol Applauds President George W. Bush's Initiative for Making
Cellulosic Ethanol from Wood Chips, Stalks, Switchgrass (''Biomass'')
February 2, 2006
NEW YORK--Feb. 2, 2006--In his State of the Union address on January 31, 2006, President
George W. Bush stated: "We will also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of
producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips and stalks or switch grass. Our goal is
to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive within six years."
Xethanol Corporation (OTCBB:XTHN) Chairman and CEO Christopher d'Arnaud-Taylor
commented: "We applaud President Bush's commitment to include $150 million in his 2007
budget to make 'cellulosic ethanol' cost-competitive by 2012. Based on our proprietary technology
platform and parallel advances in enzyme efficiency, we expect to reach that goal by 2007. We
are already making ethanol from candy waste and other waste biomass."
Mr. d'Arnaud-Taylor further commented that "Working with our global technology search partner,
UTEK Corporation, Xethanol has acquired advanced biotechnologies for extracting and
fermenting the sugars trapped in biomass. Our strategy has been to develop a proprietary
technology platform based on acquiring exclusive licenses to cutting-edge technologies for
processing biomass into ethanol."
Mr. d'Arnaud-Taylor further commented:"In executing this strategy, we have developed strategic
technology R&D alliances with premier Federal Laboratories and Universities. These include:
• The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Boulder, CO for clean separation
of biomass into its constituent fractions for more efficient fermentation into ethanol.
• The USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WI for genetically engineered yeast
strains for fermentation of biomass into ethanol.
• Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA for steam explosion of biomass and enzymatic extraction
of sugars for fermentation into ethanol.
• Queens University, Canada for continuous extractive fermentation of ethanol.
In August 2004, we filed a provisional patent application with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
relating to a method of converting a biomass into a biobased product."
Mr. d'Arnaud-Taylor concluded that "over the months ahead, we plan to issue shareholder news
reports sharing the progress of each of our proprietary technologies as we apply them to the
economic production of ethanol from biomass."
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About Xethanol
Xethanol Corporation's goal is to be the leader in the emerging biomass-to-ethanol industry.
Xethanol's mission is to optimize the use of biomass in the renewable energy field and convert
biomass that is currently being abandoned or land filled into ethanol and other valuable coproducts.
Xethanol's strategy is to deploy proprietary biotechnologies that will extract and ferment
the sugars trapped in these biomass waste concentrations. Xethanol's strategic value proposition
is to produce ethanol and valuable co-products cost effectively with ethanol plants located closer
to biomass sources. In Iowa, Xethanol owns two ethanol production facilities, where it is
deploying these technologies. For more information about Xethanol, please visit its website at
www.xethanol.com.