title: Production of bioethanol from lignocellulose: Status and perspectives in Korea.
abstract: The current status and challenges associated with the production and utilization of cellulosic ethanol in Korea are reviewed in this paper. Cellulosic ethanol has emerged as a promising option for mitigating Korea's CO(2) emissions and enhancing its energy security. Korea's limited biomass resources is the most critical barrier to achieving its implementation targets for cellulosic ethanol. Efforts to identify new suitable biomass resources for cellulosic ethanol production are ongoing and intensive. Aquatic biomasses including macroalgae and plantation wastes collected in the Southeast Asia region have been found to have great potential as feedstocks for the production of cellulosic ethanol. R&D explorations into the development of technologies that can convert biomass materials to ethanol more efficiently also are underway. It is expected that cellulosic ethanol will be in supply from 2020 and that, by 2030, its use will have effectively reduced Korea's total gasoline consumption by 10%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon 443-760, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soon-Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Chan
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sung-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin-Suk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry; D057231:Climate Change; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D004777:Environment; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D005844:Geology; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007723:Korea; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: C036909:lignocellulose; D000431:Ethanol; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin