DuPont unveiled a three-stage biofuels strategy, including: improving the yield of grain ethanol production; developing cellulosic ethanol technologies; and its butanol partnership with BP.
DuPont ethanol biofuels leader Russ Sanders addressed a Citigroup ethanol conference where a bullish ethanol forecast for 2008 was unveiled by Citigroup analysts.
A butanol launch is scheduled for October in the UK. Sanders also touted the company’s corn hybrids, its insect protection system, and a joint venture with the US Department of Energy in cellulosic ethanol.
In Iowa, DuPont division Pioneer Hi-Bred today introduced QualiTrak, a new measurement system that predicts ethanol yield on individual loads of corn delivered to plants. The reports generated by the ...
In New York, the chief innovation officer of DuPont said that second-generation biofuels would proliferate in coming years and give consumers a wide range of choices with improved fuel properties. Tho...
DuPont announced that it is planning three additional equity investments in biofuels facilities. The company said that it projects biofuel revenues to reach $1.2 billion by 2012. The company, which ho...
In Iowa, scientists at DuPont unit Pioneer Hi-Bred International have identified a gene that determines oil yield in a corn, and have modified the gene to boost the yield of edible fats in corn by up ...
In Tennessee, DuPont Danisco and the University of Tennessee will partner on the construction of a pilot-scale, 250,000 gallon cellulosic ethanol plant in Vonore. The partnership will make use of the ...
In Virginia, researchers at the University of Virginia have commenced three projects to improve yields from algae-to-fuel production. The first project will test for optimal levels of solid waste an...
