What are – and who’s making – 2G, 3G and 4G biofuels?

Biofuels Digest
May 18, 2010 Jim Lane

In the past month, Naturally Scientific came out of stealth mode with an announcement that it will open its pilot plant this summer, and has inked deals for $250 million — its first five commercial installations — which , will be erected in China over the next five years.

The company’s technology produces low-cost sugars and pure vegetable oil for biofuels and other uses — from waste CO2, water & light in a photosynthetic reaction.

Like Joule Unlimited, the “bio” in its biofuel is the biotechnology, rather than a biomass intermediate. As such, it is another step forward in the development of biofuels which do not require the use of prime cropland — the goal of second-generation fuels.

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