Renmatix revealed its low-cost path to C5 and C6 sugars yesterday at a special roundtable of investors and renewable chemical industry leaders. Plantrose™ uses supercritical hydrolysis to separate cellulosic biomass into C5 sugars, C6 sugars, and lignin. The sugars would be sold to biobased chemical and biofuel companies; the lignin would be burned to power the process.

Compared to other technologies that use enzymes or acids to tap the sugars in cellulosic materials,  Plantrose™ is cheaper and requires no other inputs besides heat and water. Gaining access to cheap and abundant sugar is one of the major challenges faced by the bioeconomy as sugar is a critical raw material for biofuels and biobased products.

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