Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
WSU, PNNL, Clean-Vantage, and Port of Benton research project to turn nearly any organic waste into biofuels
An innovative idea for making advanced biofuels such as jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline from regional resources is moving forward with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The team of Washington State University Tri-Cities, the Port of Benton, Clean-Vantage LLC, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will conduct the $1.5 million "BioChemCat" pilot project in the Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory (BSEL) at WSU Tri-Cities under the leadership of Birgitte Ahring, director of the WSU Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy, and the Battelle Distinguished Professor. Read more...
