In Taiwan, a cellulosic ethanol research project is underway at Academia Sinica's Institute of Molecular Biology, aimed at improving cellulose pre-processing and breakdown technologies and alcohol fermentation methods, and identifying new microorganisms and enzymes to solve the technological impasse.
國內中央研究院分子生物研究所也有一項纖維素乙醇研究計劃，針對纖維素前處理、分解技術、酒精發酵技術等改進，並篩選新型微生物菌種及酵素，來解決技術瓶頸。