Global Bioenergies hits isobutanol development milestones

In France, Global Bioenergies has announced that they have achieved a key goal in their development of a bio-based isobutanol process.  Marc Delcourt, CEO and cofounder of Global explains, “We have achieved our goal to bioproduce isobutene in vivo, ahead of target. We are now concentrating our efforts on increasing both the rate and scale of fermentation. We plan to carry out pilot plant tests prior to the industrial exploitation of the process. This phase will require new financial investment.”

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