Cobalt, American Process ramp up biobutanol production
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Cobalt, American Process ramp up biobutanol production
By Andrew Nusca
Published: April 19, 2011
Green technologies such as biofuels are great, but if they can’t scale - technically and economically - they’re dead in the water.
So it’s good news that Mountain View, Calif.-based Cobalt Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to commercialize renewable biobutanol production in partnership with Atlanta, Ga.-based American Process, Inc.
The companies plan to build the world’s first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol, and jointly market a biobutanol product made using API’s "GreenPower+" technology to biomass power facilities.