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Virdia Opens Sugar Pilot Facility

by Marc S. Reisch
April 30, 2012 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 90, Issue 18

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Cellulosic sugar research in Virdia’s new facility.
Cellulosic sugar developer Virdia has cut the ribbon at a demonstration and pilot facility (shown here) in Danville, Va., located on the campus of the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research.
Credit: Virdia
Cellulosic sugar research in Virdia’s new facility.

Cellulosic sugar developer Virdia has cut the ribbon at a demonstration and pilot facility in Danville, Va., located on the campus of the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research. The start-up firm, which recently changed its name from HCL CleanTech, uses hydrochloric acid to break down woody biomass from which it extracts sugars for making fuels and chemicals. The firm formerly had a pilot plant at Southern Research Institute in Durham, N.C.

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