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GM Pushes for Ethanol; Update on Cellulosic Biofuels Partner Coskata

Posted on May 24, 2008

Cellulosic ethanol producer Coskata has rapidly brought its microbes to levels of commercial productivity with the assistance of genomic analysis that identified optimized nutritional pathways. Click to enlarge. Source: CoskataGeneral Motors is picking up the pace on its steady push for the adoption of ethanol as a major alternative to petroleum fuel in the US and in other countries. As part of that campaign, GM this week hosted a media briefing at cellulosic biofuels start-up Coskata s lab in Warrenville, Illinois to highlight the progress made by the syngas-to-ethanol company. GM announced...

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