Inbicon develops biomass refinery engineering model

February 4, 2009

BY Anna Austin

Web exclusive posted March 2, 2009, at 9:06 a.m. CST

Cellulosic developer Inbicon, a subsidiary of Denmark-based Dong Energy, announced its collaboration with U.S.-based marketing and brand building company G-team has resulted in the near-completion of an engineering and business model that will allow North American grain-ethanol plants to add 20 MMgy to the facility's output.

The proclamation was made February 23 at the 14th Annual National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio.

In September 2008, Inbicon announced it was partnering with G-team to market and license its cellulosic pretreatment technology in North America. (Read "Inbicon, G-Team partner to market technology.")

Inbicon's technology was originally developed to convert straw into ethanol, animal feed, and solid biofuel; however, it can be adapted to other types of biomass such as corn stover, grasses, bagasse, and household waste.

The new biomass refinery model, which the company is calling "The New Ethanol," utilizes the technology to generate ethanol from biomass, molasses for a high-energy livestock feed, and powered lignin that can be converted into electricity and steam to reduce energy costs or be sold to the power grid.

Inbicon has operated a pilot-scale plant in Denmark for nearly six years. It has begun construction of a $50 million 1.4 MMgy demonstration-scale refinery in Kalundborg, Denmark, which is scheduled to start up in the fall of 2009. It will be showcased at the 15th World Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, the following December.

According to Inbicon, G-team personnel are currently assessing successful grain-ethanol operations to determine which are most compatible with its process.

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