BIO Lauds Department of Energy Vision and Plan to Develop Bioenergy Centers.WASHINGTON -- Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) Industrial & Environmental Section, released the following statement today regarding the Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of three new partnerships for establishing Bioenergy Research Centers: "BIO commends the Department of Energy for continuing to recognize the important benefits that industrial biotechnology The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. Industrial biotechnology (known mainly in Europe as white biotechnology and biofuels provide America and for the vision to initiate these bioenergy research centers. Today's announcement is an essential step toward reducing this country's dependence on foreign sources of oil. "Public-private partnerships, such as the one announced today by Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman, are a critical element in achieving the President's goal of cost-competitive cellulosic ethanol Cellulosic ethanol is a type of biofuel produced from lignocellulose, a structural material that comprises much of the mass of plants. It is composed mainly of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. by 2012. Rapid commercialization of cellulosic biofuels will require simultaneous investment in the construction of large scale biorefineries with ongoing research and development in cellulase cel·lu·lase n. Any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze the hydrolysis of cellulose. enzymes and other biorefinery processes. This dual-development plan mirrors the petroleum industry, which has continued to improve oil refineries This is a list of oil refineries. The Oil and Gas Journal also publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each process unit in the refinery. over the last one hundred years." "The newly announced DOE Bioenergy Research Centers will help by advancing the development of pre-treatment technologies, enzyme cocktails, and fermentation organisms for a variety of biomass feedstocks to support the operation of the nation's first cellulosic biorefineries, announced by the DOE earlier this year to make cellulosic biofuels a truly viable and cost effective alternative to petroleum by 2012." For more information on biofuels see www.bio.org/ind/biofuel/ BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies Top 100 Biotechnology Companies The following is a list of the top 100 biotechnology companies ranked by revenue. The first nine companies qualify for the list of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies. , academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology Environmental biotechnology is when biotechnology is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. products. BIO also produces the annual BIO International Convention, the world's largest gathering of the biotechnology industry. |
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