Iogen Corporation (a Canadian biotechnology company with research and development ventures in commercial cellulose ethanol production) has announced its first shipment of 100,000 liters of cellulose ethanol from its Ottawa demonstration facility to Royal Dutch Shell. It is an initial shipment to fill a 180,000 liter order from Shell, which will utilize the ethanol for upcoming fuel applications. The cellulosic raw material used for production was wheat straw, and the production process involves “an innovative pretreatment” strategy, “innovative enzyme technology and state-of-the art fermentation technology”. According to Iogen Executive Vice President Jeff Passmore, the shipment “is part of our focus on accelerating the deployment of next generation biofuels”..