World’s First Cellulosic Biobutanol Refinery to Be Built in Alpena, Michigan

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By Sustainable Plant Staff April 21, 2011 02:36:39 pm

Cobalt Technologies, a leader in commercializing biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel, and American Process Inc., a leader in development and commercialization of lignocellulosic sugar production and bioenergy process technologies, have announced an agreement to build the world’s first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol. Additionally, the companies agreed to jointly market a “GreenPower+ Biobutanol” solution to biomass power facilities and other industrial facilities worldwide.

GreenPower+ Biobutanol technology selectively converts part of a boiler cellulosic biomass feedstock into renewable biobutanol, a valuable industrial chemical, widely used in paints and other coatings and a platform for production of renewable jet fuel and other valuable compounds.

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