Cobalt Technologies goes global
Biomass Magazine
Cobalt Technologies goes global
By Luke Geiver
Published: August 17, 2010
Big dreams are coming true in California, just ask biobutanol developer Cobalt Technologies. After signing a partnership agreement with the global engineering and project manager Fluor Corp., the Mountain View-based company now has the chance to move that advanced biofuel dream from its small-scale testing facility to large-scale commercialization. The two companies decided to partner during a re-engineering exercise of Cobalt’s technology, performed by Fluor, that reduced Cobalt’s energy costs by 40 percent and capital costs by 25 percent.