In Iowa, Quad County Corn Processors, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Taurus Energy have established an industrial-scale trial for Taurus’ XyloFerm in the Cellerate process. After preliminary lab-scale trials of XyloFerm in the CellerateTM process and obtained GRAS status for the XyloFerm yeast strain Quad County Corn Processors, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and […]
In Sweden, Taurus Energy advises that Syngenta and Quad County Corn Processors are planning XyloFerm trials for their Cellerate system, a process that allows for production of cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber, marketed in a collaboration between Syngenta, with US Seed headquarters in Minnesota, and Quad County Corn Processors (QCCP), Galva Iowa. Production gains […]
In Sweden, an expert panel convened by Taurus Energy has issued a favorable opinion regarding XyloFerm®as a feed component. It remains for the panel to assess and issue a statement regarding the final feed product. The panel members have, individually and collectively, determined that the genetic modifications made to create XyloFerm strains do not form […]
In Sweden, the Board of Directors of Taurus Energy proposed a preferential rights issue and a private placement with Lantmännen. The board noted: Given that Taurus Energy has not had a stable principal shareholder since Forskarpatent Syd took a strategic decision to sell its shares to, among others, research scientists who had contributed patents to […]
In Sweden, Taurus Energy has signed a material transfer agreement with a leading research and technology center for sugar cane and ethanol producers in Brazil. Work will be performed in both parties’ respective laboratories to find the best way to ferment the cellulose-based sugar solution technology center produced from bagasse using XyloFerm. The evaluation is […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Taurus Energy is a Research & Development company specializing in strain development of pentoses both xylose and arabinose in biomass derived streams. Taurus has extensive know-how in lingo cellulosic ethanol production with 11 patent families and 60 patents approved around the world. Tell […]
In Sweden, Taurus Energy AB announced that EPA had completed their 90 Day MCAN review (Microbal Commercial Activity Notice) for Taurus XyloFerm yeasts without any objections, meaning that Taurus now is allowed to commence commercial production and sales of this product on the US market, beginning June 15, 2015. The MCAN Review is a requirement […]
In Sweden, Taurus Energy AB, Lund, Sweden and Canadian based Lallemand have signed an agreement for collaboration with respect to the development, marketing, sale and distribution of Taurus’ Gen 2 platform on the U.S. market. “It has been our goal from the beginning to market our yeast technology globally,” says Lars Welin, CEO, Taurus Energy […]
In the EU, Taurus energy has been awarded 20 million euros to develop a 2nd generation ethanol demo plant in France. The project will run for three years at a cost of $35 million euro, and will demonstrate an environmentally clean method which will separate lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose without causing damage to any of […]
In Sweden, Taurus Energy has held contract negotiations with a US company as it develops its XyloFerm yeast strain, which can be used for the production of second-generation ethanol. The US company produces a cheap sugar from cellulose material, producing hemicellulose as a by-product. The two companies plan on signing a Research Collaboration Agreement, under […]
