What distinguishes Gevo from its competitors?
Gevo is the first company to demonstrate an ethanol plant retrofit to commercial scale production of isobutanol, a versatile platform chemical. Isobutanol has wide uses in the solvents and plastics markets and is a second generation biofuel that can be blended into gasoline or be converted into hydrocarbons to make green gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Products made from isobutanol have a reduced carbon footprint and other environmental performance features compared to crude oil derived materials. Gevo aims to begin commercial scale production in 2011 and plans to have 400 million gallons of capacity by 2014. While Gevo is currently focusing on traditional ethanol plants, its technology is able to convert cellulosic sugars, too. Once cellulosic conversion technology is available, Gevo will be able to produce cellulosic isobutanol from biomass.
