BIOFUELS CENTER GROWS IN WEST

作者：Michael McCoy · 发表于：Chemical & Engineering News · 年份：2007 · DOI：10.1021/cen-v085n012.p012 · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Biofuel production and bioconversion

THREE UNIVERSITIES, a government laboratory, and several companies are joining forces in Colorado to create what organizers hope will be a major player in the emerging field of converting biomass into fuels and other products. The Colorado Center for Biorefining & Biofuels, or C2B2, at press time was scheduled to be announced on March 19 in Denver by Colorado political leaders and university officials. It combines the biofuels and biorefining expertise of the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, the Colorado School of Mines, and the Colorado-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Founding corporate members include Dow Chemical, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Shell. The center is the latest in a spate of academic-industry collaborations being formed to pursue alternative energy and raw materials. BP upped the ante for such projects in February when it announced a $500 million institute that will include the Univer University of California, Berkeley, and other partners. Alan W. Weimer, C2B2's executive ...