Cobalt Advantages
Cobalt’s cutting-edge technologies improve the economics of next generation biofuels. Today, our technology is being applied to the production of biobutanol with the following benefits:
Diversification of Feedstock
Cobalt’s strain development technology allows for the incorporation of a broad range of local and regional non-food plant materials that are not part of the food supply and are less susceptible to supply and demand imbalances. Feedstock expenses have historically dominated the cost of biofuel production and producers’ fortunes have risen and fallen with the cost of a particular agricultural commodity. The diversification of feedstock lowers and stabilizes feedstock expenses while providing stimulus to local rural economies from coast to coast.
Sorghum is a fast-growing, high yield crop that can grow in places that do not support corn and other food crops.
Increased production efficiency
Cobalt’s reaction management technology enables our continuous fermentation process to efficiently convert diverse feedstocks to biobutanol. The resulting increase in the overall biofuel production rate leads to greater capital efficiency and improved production facility economics.
Reduced environmental footprint
Cobalt is making significant gains in the net energy balance of biofuels and reducing the environmental footprint of production by improving production efficiency, reducing energy needs, and recycling the majority of input water.
Lower cost to consumers
By exploiting low-cost feedstocks, increasing production efficiency, reducing water and energy requirements, and efficiently managing both inputs and outputs, Cobalt can produce biofuels that are highly cost-competitive with gasoline. Since Cobalt’s biofuels are compatible with the existing gasoline distribution and retail infrastructure, they result in lower prices for consumers at the pump.