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Biofuels

Clariant tests miscanthus feedstock

by Melody M. Bomgardner
September 6, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 35

 

This photo shows Clariant's Straubing, Germany, Sunliquid biorefinery.
Credit: Clariant
Clariant's cellulosic biofuel plant in Straubing, Germany

Clariant has completed tests on its use of 30 t of miscanthus biomass in its precommercial biofuel plant in Straubing, Germany. The small test showed the process can produce lignocellulosic sugars and ethanol. It was part of an advanced industrial crop project for biorefineries, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research program.

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