Welcome to Terranol
Terranol A/S develops yeasts to be applied in 2. generation bioethanol production.
First generation bioethanol is produced from agricultural feedstock, such as sugar cane, sugar beet, and corn, whereas 2. generation bioethanol is produced from agricultural wastes, such as wheat straw, sugar cane bagasse, corn stover and wood chips.
The manufacturing process for bioethanol involves pretreatment of biomass, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, and distillation. Biomass contains the so-called C6 sugars, primarily from cellulose, and C5 sugars from the hemicellulose part of the plant material. After enzymatic hydrolysis yeasts ferment C6 sugars to ethanol whereas C5 sugars are not fermented to ethanol by any known microorganism in sufficiently high concentrations.
Yeast is a traditional ethanol producing microorganism. Terranol A/S will introduce an efficient C5 fermenting system in this organism in order to increase yield significantly. The development work will be performed in consideration of the thermochemical treatment of biomass and enzymatic hydrolysis. Therefore Terranol A/S has entered collaboration agreements with leading players in these fields.
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