(Genomatica/Biomass Magazine) Genomatica announced significant progress in harnessing cellulosic biomass for commercial production of high-quality chemicals rather than just fuels. … Genomatica has developed clear guidance for biomass pretreatment technology developers to enable their technologies to work better with commercial bioprocesses for chemicals.
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An extended series of trials by Genomatica confirmed major improvements in process performance and the qualification of multiple types of biomass sugars as suitable feedstock.
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As part of the current work, Genomatica developed a ‘sugar specification’ for biomass pretreatment technologies to produce sugars compatible with commercially-proven GENO processes; assessed ten technologies against that standard; and demonstrated that at least four can currently produce sugars suitable for commercial production of chemicals from a quality standpoint.
Technical details are available in a March 2015 presentation and June 2015 report. Genomatica’s work was supported in part by grant DE-EE0005002 from the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office. READ MORE