Novozymes joins Lignol Energy consortium

Lignol Energy Corp. said that Novozymes, Inc. has joined Lignol’s consortium for its Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) funded project.  Novozymes will contribute technical and development support in connection with advanced hydrolysis and fermentation of woody biomass into cellulosic ethanol to the consortium. Ross MacLachlan, president and CEO of Lignol, said, “In the last two years we have made significant progress with Novozymes towards our shared goal of producing cellulosic ethanol that is cost competitive with gasoline.  We are very pleased that the world’s leading enzyme company is committed to the success of our consortium as we embark on the final stages of commercializing our technology.” Lignol is a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sectors. (June 20, 2011)