An overview of DuPont's cellulosic ethanol activities  Fall 2013
Clean Energy Nitin Kohlhapurie Biofuels Technology Manager,
DuPont Industrial Biosciences Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Advancing the Cellulosic Ethanol Industry  Cellulosic ethanol is
one of the most exciting advanced biofuels that has the
potential to meet the global transportation fuel needs in a
sustainable manner while reducing greenhouse gas footprint.
First generation bio-ethanol (produced primarily from food crops
such as corn or sugarcane) is made with relatively simple
technologies that are well-developed and cost-effective for
large scale production. Although it uses a plant material that
is a renewable source, sustainable production of the food-based
ethanol is debated because of a possibility of undue competition
with food supply chain, use of resources such as water or
cultivated land, and the ability to achieve targets for
substituting petroleum-based products or for reducing greenhouse
gases. Most of these concerns can be addresse