DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC is a 50/50

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...

between

DuPont DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in ...

and

Genencor Genencor is a biotechnology company based in Palo Alto, CA and a subsidiary of IFF. Genencor is a producer of Industrial enzymes and low-priced bulk protein. The name Genencor originates with Genencor, Inc., the original joint venture between Ge ...

, a subsidiary of

Danisco Danisco A/S is a Danish bio-based company with activities in food production, enzymes and other bioproducts as well as a wide variety of pharmaceutical grade excipients. It was formed in 1989 from the largest Danish industrial merger ever of th ...

. The company is accelerating development and deployment of

cellulosic ethanol Cellulosic ethanol is ethanol (ethyl alcohol) produced from cellulose (the stringy fiber of a plant) rather than from the plant's seeds or fruit. It can be produced from grasses, wood, algae, or other plants. It is generally discussed for use as a ...

, which is made from non-food biomass. DDCE plans to license its technology and also will engage in limited operations of cellulosic ethanol biorefineries. The company's collaborations include work with Genera Energy and the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

Research Foundation DDCE has constructed a demonstration-scale biorefinery and research and development facility for cellulosic ethanol in

Vonore, Tennessee Vonore is a town in Monroe County, Tennessee, Monroe County, which is located on the southeast border of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 1,574 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city hall, library, community cente ...

. The plant went into operation at the end of 2009. DDCE was founded in 2008, but was eventually dissolved in 2011 due to the acquisition of Danisco by DuPont.

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