founder patrick foody sr. headquarters ottawa ontario canada key people brian foody ceo products cellulosic ethanol number of employees 63 website www.iogen.ca iogen corporation is a canadian company founded by patrick foody sr. in 1975 . 1 iogen is based in ottawa ontario canada . the company develops technology for making renewable cellulosic biofuels also known as second generation biofuels or advanced biofuel from agricultural residues and other organic wastes . iogen has invested 500 million in research development and demonstration ; and has over 300 patents . 2 using enzymatic hydrolysis technology iogen has produced cellulosic ethanol since 2004 . 3 in 2014 together with their brazilian partner raizen energia iogen built a commercial cellulosic ethanol facility adjacent to raizen s costa pinto sugar mill in piracicaba brazil . 4 iogen is also developing new ways to use biogas as a transportation fuel . 5 contents 1 costa pinto project 2 history 3 technology 4 fuel demonstration events 5 references 6 external links costa pinto project edit brazilian ethanol company ra zen energia participacoes s a has completed construction of a commercial biomass to ethanol facility using iogen s advanced cellulosic biofuel technology . the us 105 million plant is located adjacent to ra zen s costa pinto sugar cane mill in piracicaba s o paulo and will produce 40 million litres of cellulosic ethanol a year from sugarcane bagasse and straw . subsequent to this first facility ra zen has said it plans to build another seven facilities using iogen s cellulosic biofuel technology . 6 history edit 2015 official launch of the costa pinto mill the first commercial facility employing iogen s cellulosic ethanol technology . 2014 iogen corporation and ra zen announce they have begun production of cellulosic ethanol on schedule at ra zen s sugar cane mill in piracicaba s o paulo brazil . 2014 iogen corporation announces it has developed and patented a new method to make drop in cellulosic biofuels from biogas using existing refinery assets and production operations . 2013 iogen corporation sells iogen bio products its industrial enzymes business to danish enzyme manufacturer novozymes for 80 million . 7 2013 ra zen begins construction of a cellulosic ethanol facility using iogen technology in brazil . the facility is located adjacent to ra zen s costa pinto mill . ra zen says it plans to expand to eight cellulosic ethanol plants using iogen s technology . 2012 iogen energy ie becomes a 50 50 jointly owned venture between iogen corp and ra zen energia s a a 12 billion joint venture between royal dutch shell and brazilian ethanol company cosan s.a. and enters a research agreement with ra zen focused on commercialization of the iogen technology in brazil . 2012 iogen cellulosic ethanol production at its ottawa canada demonstration plant tops 2.1 million litres 561 000 gallons . 2010 shell and cosan announce the intent to form a brazilian joint venture ultimately named ra zen which would be the country s leading sugar processor ethanol producer and fuels retailer . shell also announces intent to transfer its holdings in iogen energy to ra zen . 2009 iogen becomes the first cellulosic biofuel producer to sell its advanced biofuel at a retail service station . 8 2006 goldman sachs invests 30 million in iogen . 9 2004 iogen producing world s first cellulose ethanol fuel . 10 technology edit iogen s cellulosic biofuels technology converts a wide variety of cellulosic feedstocks into ethanol and other biofuels . the iogen process involves feedstock handling feedstocks such as agriculture residues are trucked to a cellulosic ethanol facility where the material is weighed and tested for moisture content . trucks are then sent either to onsite storage or directly to the unloading area serving the plant process . once in the process the feedstock particle size is reduced . when the facility is co located with a sugarcane mill bagasse is drawn either directly from the process or from a storage pile . in this case no further size reduction is required . in both cases feedstock is processed to remove debris sand and other impurities . pretreatment pretreatment is a high temperature short residence time mild acid hydrolysis which breaks down the feedstock and prepares it for the introduction of enzymes . pretreatment also breaks down the hemicellulose component of the feedstock into five carbon sugars . pretreatment requires water chemicals and high pressure steam . energy is recovered for re use elsewhere in the process . enzymatic hydrolysis the enzymatic hydrolysis step is a multi day operation run under mild conditions . tanks receive feed slurry from pretreatment and with the use of added enzymes the cellulose is then broken down to produce six carbon sugars . lignin separation and processing in this step the product of hydrolysis is split into solid and liquid portions . the solid portion consists mainly of lignin which possesses a high heating value thus making it an ideal fuel for burning in a boiler . the combustion of lignin provides enough energy to power most of the cellulosic ethanol process . the liquid portion which contains the sugars is then sent to fermentation . ethanol fermentation and distillation the five and six carbon sugars are now converted to ethanol using genetically modified yeasts . a dilute ethanol stream known as beer is generated as well as carbon dioxide . the fermentation beer is distilled into commercial grade fuel ethanol . fuel demonstration events edit february 15 2011 iogen fuels bentley supersports world speed record on sheet ice . 11 july 22 2010 iogen s cellulosic ethanol drives drayson racing to michelin green x . challenge first place finish in american le mans utah race . 12 march 23 2010 iogen energy s cellulosic ethanol helps fuel drayson racing in american . le mans series presented by tequila patr n. 13 december 8 2009 for third year iogen produces cellulosic e85 to fuel 25 hour endurance race . 14 july 31 2009 iogen s cellulosic ethanol fuels fleet at the 2009 premiers conference in regina . 15 references edit cellulosic ethanol pioneer and iogen founder honoured pdf press release . iogen corporation . 5 may 2011 . raizen breaks ground on iogen facility in brazil pdf press release . iogen corporation . 28 november 2013 . iogen more than doubles cellulosic ethanol production pdf press release . iogen corporation . 11 january 2010 . iogen s advanced cellulosic biofuel technology reaches critical production milestone pdf press release . iogen corporation . 17 december 2014 . iogen announces new drop in cellulosic biofuel pdf press release . iogen corporation . 22 january 2014 . brazilian president christens iogen technology at official opening of costa pinto cellulosic ethanol facility pdf press release . iogen corporation . 23 july 2015 . iogen bio products acquired by novozymes pdf press release . iogen corporation . january 31 2013 . shell first to sell gasoline blended with advanced biofuel pdf press release . iogen corporation . june 10 2009 . iogen gets boost from goldman sachs . wall street firm invests 30 million in cellulose ethanol leader pdf press release . iogen corporation . may 1 2006 . cellulose ethanol is ready to go pdf press release . iogen corporation . april 21 2004 . iogen fuels bentley supersports world speed record on sheet ice pdf press release . iogen corporation . february 15 2011 . iogen s cellulosic ethanol drives drayson racing to michelin green x pdf press release . iogen corporation . july 22 2010 . iogen energy s cellulosic ethanol helps fuel drayson racing in american pdf press release . iogen corporation . march 23 2010 . for third year iogen produces cellulosic e85 to fuel 25 hour endurance race press release . iogen corporation . december 8 2009 . iogen s cellulosic ethanol fuels fleet at the 2009 premiers conference in regina pdf press release . iogen corporation . july 31 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