DuPont ties up with New Tianlong Industry to set up cellulosic ethanol plant in China

DuPont and Jilin Province New Tianlong Industry (NTL) have signed a licensing agreement to begin the development of China’s largest cellulosic ethanol manufacturing plant, located in Siping City, Jilin Province, China. The agreement allows NTL to license DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol technology and use Accellerase enzymes, to produce renewable biofuel from the leftover biomass on Jilin Province’s highly productive corn farms. NTL is working to secure the necessary government approvals and support to implement this agreement.
 
Combining NTL’s ethanol production expertise with processing technology, technical support and world-class enzymes supplied by DuPont, NTL will be able to produce cellulosic renewable fuel for the rapidly growing Chinese liquid biofuel market, which is projected to exceed 1.7 billion gallons per year by 2020.

“As we bring online the largest and most sophisticated cellulosic facility in the world in the State of Iowa in the US, we are simultaneously working with leaders who share the same vision of producing the next generation of clean renewable fuels in their region. We are honoured to have found such a strong partner in NTL. The company’s reputation for producing world-class grain ethanol makes it a superior candidate to put DuPont’s advanced technology to work to realise the additional economic and environmental benefits of cellulosic biofuel in China,” said Jan Koninckx, global biofuels leader for DuPont Industrial Biosciences.