DuPont and BP announce the creation of a partnership to develop, produce and market a next generation of biofuels to help meet increasing global demand for renewable transportation fuels.DuPont Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: Companies
By pooling their knowledge and expertise, the two companies aim to be the world leaders For a list of heads of state, see . World leaders is a MMORPG. The game involves creating a state, joining an alliance and going into war. It is mostly played by players from Israel, China, USA, Britain, Brazil and Saudi-Arabia. in the development, production and growth of advanced biofuels, which today account for less than 2 percent of global transportation fuels. Current projections show that biofuels could become a significant part of the transport fuel mix in the future--possibly up to 30 percent in key markets. The first product to market will be biobutanol, which is targeted for introduction in 2007 in the United Kingdom as a gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by bio-component. DuPont and BP are working with British Sugar to convert the country's first ethanol fermentation
Ethanol fermentation is the biological process by which sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose, are converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide. facility to produce biobutanol. |
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