Edeniq Customers to Benefit From EPA Ruling on Corn Kernel Fiber

Edeniq, Inc., a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, applauds the recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) publication that corn kernel fiber qualifies as a cellulosic feedstock under the renewable fuel standard (“RFS”) program regulations. This rigorous determination will allow Edeniq’s PATHWAY™ Platform to be used by customers to produce cellulosic ethanol inside corn ethanol plants.

Edeniq’s patented PATHWAY™ Platform combines the Cellunator™ technology with an enzyme cocktail to break down corn kernel fiber, releasing cellulosic sugars into the fermentation process. Corn kernels contain approximately 13% cellulosic fiber that remains unconverted in a typical ethanol plant.

“Cellulosic ethanol produced from corn kernel fiber is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to improve the efficiency and sustainability of the ethanol industry in the United States,” said Brian Thome, President and CEO of Edeniq. “We are very pleased with the EPA’s rulemaking on corn kernel fiber and look forward to working with our customers to integrate our PATHWAY™ technology into their facilities.”

Edeniq’s PATHWAY™ Platform includes a technical validation process that will enable customers to quantify the amount of cellulosic ethanol produced within their plants and comply with the registration, recordkeeping, and reporting required by the EPA to generate cellulosic D3 Renewable Identification Numbers (“RINs”), as defined by the RFS.

“Edeniq has been a trailblazer in the effort to develop the analytical and data reduction protocols that will be necessary to validate cellulosic ethanol production in an operational context,” said Tom Griffin, Chief Technology Officer of Edeniq. “Our effort in this area speaks to our commitment to ensuring that our customers realize the full value of their feedstock resources with our PATHWAY™ Platform.”

About Edeniq

Edeniq delivers integrated process innovations that unlock sugars. These technological innovations uniquely combine mechanical and biological processes. Edeniq’s capital light and operationally efficient solutions can be easily integrated into existing biorefineries that produce ethanol, other biofuels, biochemicals, and/or bio-based products. Edeniq currently sells or licenses its technologies to biorefineries in the United States and Brazil. Edeniq was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Visalia, California with locations in Omaha, Nebraska and São Paulo State, Brazil. More information can be found at http://www.edeniq.com.