US and Brazil collaborate on second generation biofuels
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Brazil-based energy company Petrobras have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate for two years on research to accelerate the development and commercialisation of second-generation biofuels.
Research will be conducted jointly at NREL’s laboratory in Golden, Colorado, and in Brazil.
NREL’s research and development has primarily focused on the techno-economic, environmental and sustainability evaluation of advanced biofuels.
Petrobras has experimented more with various feedstocks and types of fuel production, including cellulosic ethanol from sugarcane bagasse and a petroleum substitute derived from biomass sources.
The agreement signed by NREL and Petrobras will combine each lab’s expertise and focus on four specific areas of collaboration: biochemical production processes, thermochemical processes, economic and sustainability analysis from lignocellulosic biomass and evaluation of intermediate blends of ethanol and petrol.
Research will be conducted jointly at NREL’s laboratory in Golden, Colorado, and in Brazil.
NREL’s research and development has primarily focused on the techno-economic, environmental and sustainability evaluation of advanced biofuels.
Petrobras has experimented more with various feedstocks and types of fuel production, including cellulosic ethanol from sugarcane bagasse and a petroleum substitute derived from biomass sources.
The agreement signed by NREL and Petrobras will combine each lab’s expertise and focus on four specific areas of collaboration: biochemical production processes, thermochemical processes, economic and sustainability analysis from lignocellulosic biomass and evaluation of intermediate blends of ethanol and petrol.
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