The objective of this four-year DOE managed project is to utilize the entire corn plant - including the  distiller?s dry grain and corn stover - to achieve significantly higher ethanol yields while maintaining the protein feed value of the DDG. This technology will enable a more economical and sustainable ethanol industry, reduce the energy used per ethanol gallon produced, and increase the availability of ethanol. The project will integrate three areas of basic research into a process engineering design that has a target achieving a yield of 3.2 gallons of ethanol per bushel of corn. The plan is to accelerate the developments in pretreatments, enzyme catalysis and microbial biocatalytic research for biomass utilization. The research includes all necessary steps from bench-scale application testing to industrial proof of concept in a pilot -production facility at High Plains and thus emphasizes that optimization of the entire process from corn to ethanol is needed for making bio ethanol economically viable as a fuel source. Novozymes? main role in the project is to develop and test cost-effective enzymes that will contribute to achieving the target ethanol yields.