Cobalt Biofuels Launches Plant, Biobutanol The Next Thing?
Earth2Tech
Bry Katie Fehrenbacher
Published: January 12, 2010
Individual biofuels — algae fuel, cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, corn ethanol — have all had their day in the sun over the past few years. Is it time for everyone to cheer for the alternative version of butanol, biobutanol? This morning Mountain View, Calif.-based startup Cobalt Biofuels, which produces biobutanol, opened up its first pilot plant for a tour by Arnold Schwarzenegger, followed by a press conference that featured the California governor, Silicon Valley heavyweights from local trade groups and other local clean power startups that have set up manufacturing in the state.