BioPulping International, a Madison biotechnology company that is developing a commercial application for pretreating wood chips and other biomass material for pulping, has received a $400,000 federal grant. The phase II grant, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovative Research program, is for a sulfite pretreatment process to convert wood chips to bioethanol. The work will be conducted in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service, the Forest Products Laboratory, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and some key industrial partners, including Lignotech, Zeachem, and Catchlight Energy – a Chevron company.
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