10 of Cargill’s Next-Gen Biofuel Bets
by Katie Fehrenbacher (Earth2Tech/Reuters) …Cargill is one of the larger producers of ethanol and biodiesel in the U.S. and has corn ethanol production plants in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, as well as biofuel assets in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, among other places.
But Cargill has a longer-term strategy to move from the low-margin business of trading and processing commodities to the higher margin businesses of conducting research and development and creating new chemical and bio-based intellectual property.
…Here are 10 next-gen biofuel bets that Cargill is making:
Virent Energy…Gevo…Elevance Renewable Sciences…Argentinian Biodiesel…Brazilian Ethanol…U.S. Cellulosic Ethanol…Verenium Now BP…UK’s Greenergy Biofuels…Cargill Ventures…Jet Fuel from Animal Waste READ MORE