Progress in Fuel Creation from Carbon Dioxide - TheBioenergySite

Posted - Friday, December 28, 2012 - TheBioenergySite

US - A working collaboration has revealed the progress in developing an advanced microbiological pathway to convert CO2 to fuels and chemicals.

Synthetic biology researchers Ginkgo BioWorks has validated that its genetically modified microbes can utilise a feedstock of formate produced from CO2 by risk management business DNV.

DNV’s input to the process has also met metrics required for commercialisation of the electrolytic production of formic acid and formate salt from CO2.

"The development of the electrofuels technology is an important advance in the utilisation and recycling of CO2 providing a pathway for sustainability and self-sufficiency," says Narasi Sridhar, programme director in DNV Research and Innovation.


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