Verenium Launches New Enzyme for Fuel Ethanol Production
06 October 2010
Industrial enzyme developer Verenium Corporation is introducing DELTAZYM GA L-E5, a high performance enzyme for the saccharification of liquefied starch in the fuel ethanol production process. DELTAZYM GA L-E5 is a high activity gluco-amylase used to saccharify liquefied mash from various substrates including corn, milo, barley, wheat and cassava.
The DELTAZYM GA L-E5 enzyme has demonstrated high ethanol yields at industrial scale using those multiple substrates.
Customers using both Verenium’s Fuelzyme alpha-amylase and DELTAZYM GA L-E5 have reported increased ethanol yields due to demonstrated synergies between the two enzyme products providing fuel ethanol processing plants with superior cost-performance benefits.
—Janet Roemer, Verenium’s President and Chief Operating Officer
Verenium estimates the addressable global market for DELTAZYM GA L-E5 for fuel ethanol production to be approximately $200 million annually.
Two reminders: Ethanol is a food. There is not enough land area in most nations to grow the automotive fuel they need. One of the largest powerplants in the UK burns large amounts of bio-fuels, but the majority of it is imported. It is horrid to deprive less wealthy countries the use of their biofuels all of which can be transformed into more local food and energy. ..HG..
Posted by: Henry Gibson | 12 October 2010 at 12:52 PM