Butamax: Portrait of a Biobutanol Strategic Investment by BP and Dupont
by Jim Lane (BiofuelsDigest) …Also, what exactly is up with biobutanol, perhaps the most important fuel you never heard of — one that is gaining serious traction among bioenergy cognoscenti as a more perfect solution to the ethanol blend wall as well as a superior fuel for near-term deployment in the current automotive and distribution system.
The Digest spoke this past week with Tim Potter, CEO of Butamax, to gain a better perspective on the timelines and economics of biobutanol, as well as the way in which a JV operates when formed by two giants with formidable track records in biofuels development.
…Our focus will be ethanol plants retrofitted to biobutanol , and the sales of licenses to other plants that can retrofit to biobutanol.
…In our skill set is a biobutanol process that is a complement to the advancement of ethanol producers – its another fuel molecule that gets deeper into the infrastructure. we see ourselves as bringing a technology that does not reinvent the wheel, in that we are still fermenting a fuel from sugar, and we see ourselves as working as a complement to ethanol, an enabler — not a competitor — bringing an opportunity for diversification.
…This is a true retrofit, generally without disrupting existing production. Only for a couple of weeks would there be no commercial production. READ MORE and MORE
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