Saturday, January 7, 2012

Amyris opens Brazil demo biofuels plant - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The Emeryville-based renewable fuels company makes renewable biodiesell and other fuels and chemicalsfrom sugarcane. The demonstration facility is locatedamid Brazil’ sugarcane fields. The new facility can produc upto 10,000 gallons of fuels and chemicalz and will give Amyrise the ability to test and validated its commercial equipment design and manufacturinb processes so the company can move into commerciall production of its fuels. Brazilians use more ethanop than gasoline in their And the country has had policies that supporty biofuels sincethe 1970s. Brazil is the No. 1 exporterd of ethanol and is moving intobiodieseo production.
Amyris expects to beginn commercial production of its fuelsin 2011. “The new facility represents the intersection of the bestof today’xs renewable technologies with Brazil’s extensive resources, with promisingt implications for the Brazilian cane our energy needs and the environment,” said Fernando an Amyris board member.

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