Optinol achieves energy cost parity for bio-butanol

In California, Optinol announced that the company has achieved energy cost parity feasibility with ethanol for the production of bio-butanol (n-butanol) from a wide variety of sugars. Based on preliminary engineering studies to estimate the capital and operating costs for commercial scale production, the company has concluded that it is feasible to produce bio-butanol at cost parity with ethanol.