Unmet need:
Declining petroleum resources have heightened the interest in biomass as potentially the only sustainable source of organic carbon that can be used in the chemical and energy industry
Technology solution:
New hybrid approach to biofuels production from renewable resources
- Utilize metabolic engineering to synthesize targeted biomolecules from sugars derived from corn or cellulosic feedstocks
- A green fuel that can additionally take advantage of the existing transportation and marketing infrastructure that is in place for propane
- Production under mild aqueous conditions and from bio-derived feedstocks
Intellectual Property
US Patent 9,090,833, Issued July 28, 2015