They are, as always, optimistic; one scientist says» I truly think that in five years all the hard issues about
converting cellulosic biomass to ethanol may be solved.»
Not exact matches
Briefly,
cellulosic ethanol
converts a small portion of the available
biomass.
That includes research into algae as well as programs focused on
converting alternative feedstocks like
cellulosic biomass.
Q Microbe ™
converts a wide array of
cellulosic biomass directly into ethanol in a single step, consolidating enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation, largely eliminating costly enzymes and associated pretreatment, and simplifying the entire production process.
Speaking at Stanford University on May 15, Dr. David Tilman said
cellulosic ethanol technologies that
convert biomass directly into biofuels could put new pressure on forest lands already bearing the brunt of agricultural expansion in the tropics.