Cobalt Technologies, a developer of the renewable fuel biobutanol, in Mountain View, California, has signed an agreement with Fluor Corporation, a global engineering and project management company.
Fluor will provide engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance services to help Cobalt gear up for commercializing its biobutanol production technology, as well as for Cobalt’s demonstration and commercial-scale butanol production plants.
Cobalt’s technology converts non-food feedstock, such as forest waste and mill residues, into biobutanol. Its butanol production system is based on microbial strain selection, bioreactor design, and process engineering. Cobalt says its technology reduces lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90 percent versus the production of gasoline.
The company recently demonstrated the conversion of beetle-killed lodgepole pine into a low-carbon, sustainable biofuel and chemical, which is currently being tested in engines by Colorado State University’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory.
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