In Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory published an article in Scientific Reports on its new method to directly convert biomass-derived ethanol to a hydrocarbon blendstock and is continuing work with Vertimass, LLC. to commercialize it. The Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) provided funding for the Oak Ridge research beginning in 2011. Oak Ridge licensed … Continue reading ORNL teams with Verlimass to commercialize ethanol conversion to hydrocarbon blendstock