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>Ethanol Producer Magazine
Researcher discovers enzyme to ferment waste sugar
Eckhard Boles, cofounder of Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH, (...) has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose is an unused waste sugar in the cellulosic ethanol production process...more
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SPRIT AUS STROH -Mit Superhefe Treibstoff brauen
Man nehme Pflanzenabfälle, Salzsäure und Hefe, lasse das Ganze gären und bekommt Butanol, einen Alkohol, mit dem man sein....more
>BUTALCO Secures First Round of External Financing
BUTALCO GmbH, with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, has raised its first round of external financing from Volkswind GmbH based in ...more
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Competence for Second Generation Biofuels
Based on Lignocellulose |
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| Founded
in August 2007, BUTALCO GmbH with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland,
assesses and develops new production processes for second generation
biofuels and biochemicals based on lignocellulose. The core technology
based on genetically optimised yeasts enables increased yields in
bioethanol production and the production of biobutanol.
Recently, BUTALCO secured its first round of external financing from
Volkswind GmbH based in Ganderkesee (Lower Saxony), Germany. The funds
will enable BUTALCO to strengthen its established research activities
in Frankfurt, Germany. |
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