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  • noun Butanol, obtained via the pyrolysis of biomass, for use as a biofuel

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  • Cobalt Biofuels’ new technology allows it to economically produce biobutanol from a diverse range of non-food feedstocks such as corn stalks and other agricultural waste.

    Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Biofuel - Cobalt Biobutanol 2008

  • The first product to market will be biobutanol, which is targeted for introduction in 2007 in the UK as a gasoline bio-component.

    Business strategy and climate change 2007

  • DuPont and BP, riding the global wave of enthusiasm for bio-based fuels, announced today that the two companies have developed a new biofuel called biobutanol that they say has 30% more energy density than ethanol.

    A Competitor For Ethanol? Kerry A. Dolan 2006

  • Cobalt Technologies says it can succeed where others have so far failed and produce a chemical called biobutanol using cellulosic feedstocks.

    Forbes.com: News Forbes 2011

  • It also depends on how quickly non-ethanol biofuels such as biobutanol and biomass-derived hydrocarbons -- gasoline or diesel from bacteria, or gasification -- that would be fully compatible with current cars and infrastructure take off.

    Energy Tribune 2010

  • It also depends on how quickly non-ethanol biofuels such as biobutanol and biomass-derived hydrocarbons -- gasoline or diesel from bacteria, or gasification -- that would be fully compatible with current cars and infrastructure take off.

    Energy Tribune 2010

  • "Advanced biofuels such as biobutanol, along with the choice to use a production-derived 2. 0-liter turbocharged MZR-R engine, shows the commitment that both Mazda and BP have to bringing clean, efficient, environmentally sensitive technologies to motorsports, and using motorsports to improve those products before we offer them for sale to the general public."

    Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010

  • "Advanced biofuels such as biobutanol, along with the choice to use a production-derived 2. 0-liter turbocharged MZR-R engine, shows the commitment that both Mazda and BP have to bringing clean, efficient, environmentally sensitive technologies to motorsports, and using motorsports to improve those products before we offer them for sale to the general public."

    Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010

  • "Advanced biofuels such as biobutanol, along with the choice to use a production-derived 2. 0-liter turbocharged MZR-R engine, shows the commitment that both Mazda and BP have to bringing clean, efficient, environmentally sensitive technologies to motorsports, and using motorsports to improve those products before we offer them for sale to the general public."

    Autoblog Green 2010

  • It is estimated that over 100 companies are involved with the development of various types of phase II biofuels such as biobutanol, including algae based feedstocks, hydrocarbons from sugar and starch and various molecules from lignocellulosic feedstocks.

    Green Car Congress 2009

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