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Fuel demo: Coskata’s “semi-commercial” biofuels plant unveiled Oct. 15, 2009, in Madison, PA, USA, has been built to show that the company's process for converting a variety of materials to ethanol can work at a commercial scale.Credit: Coskata
Fuel demo: Coskata’s “semi-commercial” biofuels plant unveiled Oct. 15, 2009, in Madison, PA, USA, has been built to show that the company's process for converting a variety of materials to ethanol can work at a commercial scale.
Credit: Coskata

Coskata Turns Waste to Ethanol

Coskata, Inc. is a biology-based renewable energy company, with technology for the production of liquid fuels. Using proprietary microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, the company expects to produce ethanol for under US$1.00 per gallon anywhere in the world, from almost any input material (feedstock).

Tubes packed with bundles of white fibers are the core of a bioreactor, which is the heart of their technology that combines thermochemical and biological approaches to make ethanol out of wood chips, household garbage, grass, and old tires--indeed, just about any organic material.

A partnership with GM has given muscle to the company's emergence, now entering the commercialization stage.


Contents

Official Website

Interview

Videos

Media Interviews


(1:05 minutes)

  • Coskata's Biofuel Breakthrough - GM works with Coskata to test out cellulosic ethanol - a biofuel that can be made from any renewable resource including trash, wood chips and even old tires. Learn more about Coskata's process in this video. (YouTube; February 08, 2008)

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(3:59 minutes)

  • GM's Partnership with Coskata - General Motors partners with Coskata, a biomass to ethanol startup. (YouTube; February 08, 2008)

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AutolineDetroit.TV


(2:52 minutes)

  • Beyond cellulosic ethanol with Coskata - Coskata teams up with GM to introduce their revolutionary ethanol production process that can use cellulose as well as tires,trash, or any kind of biomass. (YouTube; March 02, 2008)

Animation


(1:35 minutes)

  • Cellulose Ethanol [Animation] - Process to convert biomass into cellulose ethanol. One unit of input energy yields 7.7 units of output energy. Courtesy of Coskata. (YouTube; April 01, 2008)

How it Works

Carbon-based material (e.g. biomass) goes in the front end, and is converated to syngas through gassification. At that point, non genetic modified bacteria (anaerobic) convert syngas to ethanol. The bacteria are found in nature and are not dangerous if released.

The whole process, from input to output is only about two minutes.

Image:Coskata process 550.gif
See Animation video.

Costs

Ethanol projected to be possible for less than $1/gallon.

Advantages

Produce fuel locally.

Independent Testing

BYU, OSU, OU

Patents

list here

Profiles

Dick Tobey, vice president of R&D/engineering for Coskata, describes the process and its advantages. (Source)
Dick Tobey, vice president of R&D/engineering for Coskata, describes the process and its advantages. (Source)

Company: Coskata, Inc.

Private company.

In the News


  • Commercializing Garbage to Ethanol - An Illinois startup that is developing a process to convert a wide range of materials, including wood chips and garbage, into ethanol, Thursday unveiling a "semi-commercial" plant that will be used to demonstrate that its technology can work at a commercial scale. (MIT Technology Review; October 15, 2009)
  • Making Clean Energy from Waste - Coskata's plasma gasification route to ethanol provides an alternative to the many competitors developing enzymatic and microbial methods of producing cellulosic ethanol. (Renewable Energy World; Dec. 1, 2008)
  • Ethanol from Garbage and Old Tires - Tubes packed with bundles of white fibers are the core of a bioreactor, which is the heart of a new technology that Coskata claims combine thermochemical and biological approaches to make ethanol out of wood chips, household garbage, grass, and old tires--indeed, just about any organic material. (MIT Technology Review; March/April 2008)
  • Cellulosic Firms Match Coskata's Ethanol Claims - The Alternative Energy Technology Center says it can produce ethanol for less than $1 per gallon, matching a similar claim by Coskata in January. ... (Greentech Media, MA - March 25, 2008)
  • Coskata raises $19.5 million - Coskata’s second round of funding attracted venture capital from initial investors and some new ones. The new capital came from Globespan Capital Partners, ... (Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND - March 21, 2008)
  • Superbugs May Save Biofuels - This support is good news for companies like Coskata and SunEthanol. Coskata is using patented microbes, bioreactor designs and a unique three-step ... (Forbes, NY - March 19, 2008)
  • GM pushes to meet 2010 target for new hybrids - To prove it, GM has bought a stake in Warrenville, Ill.-based Coskata Inc., a private company that claims to have developed an advanced process to make ... (ReportonBusiness.com, Canada - March 20, 2008)
  • Bioenergy laboratory planned at OSU - OSU’s fermentation research is supported by and licensed to Coskata Inc., a renewable energy company based in the Chicago area. In January, General Motors ... (Checkbiotech.org (press release), Switzerland - March 10, 2008)

Comments

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Contact

http://coskata.com/contact.asp

Coskata, Inc.
4575 Weaver Parkway, Suite 100
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
Main: 630-657-5800; Fax: 630-657-5801

email: info@coskata.com

See also

GENERAL W2E

PREVENTION OF WASTE

TYPES OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY

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