Gevo Launches Gevo Development LLC to Retrofit Existing Ethanol Plants to Produce Biobutanol

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: October 1, 2009

Englewood, CO—Gevo announced Sept. 30 the formation of Gevo Development, LLC to develop a fleet of biorefineries based on retrofitting existing ethanol plants with Gevo's proprietary technology to produce biobutanol.

Biobutanol is an advanced biofuel that can be blended directly into gasoline and be used to make renewable hydrocarbons ("green gasoline"), jet and diesel fuel, chemical intermediates and biobased plastics.

"Gevo took a very big step today toward commercial deployment of advanced biofuels," said Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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