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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

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After concluding that Iogen had the most advanced technology for building co-located commercial plants at Raízen’s sugar cane ethanol facilities, Raízen committed, in July 2012, an initial investment to a project in Brazil with Iogen through their jointly owned Iogen Energy affiliate. Brazil Cellulosic ethanol'

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Edeniq and Usina Vale building bagasse-to-sugars and ethanol demo plant in Brazil

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The demonstration plant will produce cellulosic sugars from sugarcane bagasse, the fibrous by-product of sugarcane juice extraction. The plant will handle up to 20 tons per day of bagasse and will be co-located at Usina Vale’s ethanol and sugar production site in São Paulo State, Brazil.

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Cellulosic sugars company Edeniq raises more than $16M

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Edeniq owns and operates a fully integrated two ton per day pilot plant in Visalia, California, which is currently in operation converting cellulosic feedstock into low-cost cellulosic sugars. The plant is co-located with Usina Vale’s ethanol and sugar production suite in Sao Paulo State, Brazil.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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To process the soluble sugars that accumulate in the plants, the sorghum juice was first extracted from the stems and concentrated into sugar syrup by Ceres. As an energy crop, sweet sorghum is an impressive producer of low-cost, fermentable sugars. Ceres first commercialized its improved hybrids in Brazil this season.

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