Brazil to Commercialize Advanced Renewable Fuels from Sugarcane
April 25, 2008| |
A research and development headquarter and a renewal fuels pilot facility are expected to be operational in Campinas, Brazil in 2009. Amyris, the leading innovator of next-generation renewable fuels, and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol distributors and marketers, are expected to use these facilities to commercialize advanced renewable fuels made from sugarcane including diesel, jet fuel and gasoline.
Amyris reports that unlike current biofuels, its “renewable fuels are designed to meet or exceed the quality of existing petroleum fuels and be fully compatible with existing fuel infrastructures and engines. They are formulated biologically through sugar fermentation to create hydrocarbons, the same molecular structure found in traditional petroleum fuels.”
Santelisa Vale, the second largest ethanol and sugar producer in Brazil and majority owner of Crystalsev, will provide two million tons of sugarcane crushing capacity.
Additional details of this venture at http://www.amyris.com/news_042308.html
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