Biofuel enzyme producer Novozymes and its Chinese partner COFCO have entered into a partnership with Chinese oil and energy company Sinopec to develop ethanol from agricultural waste.
The three companies will cover ethanol production and distribution with the aim of developing a commercial-scale process for producing second-generation ethanol from corn stover.
Novozymes expects it will be the first company with enzymes ready for large-scale ethanol production by 2010, Steen Riisgaard, CEO of Novozymes, says.
The Chinese government has promoted a bioenergy advancement strategy that will boost the production of biofuels from existing technologies and develop second-generation biofuels.
