March 27, 2013

A Step Beyond Biofuels

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As in the movie Back to the Future, biofuels are the stuff movie legends are made of, and the new age gasoline substitutes made from plants are getting plenty of limelight here in Colorado.

The University of Colorado Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory work together on what is called C2B2 or the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels. Scientists, researchers, students and professors are developing new technologies to convert entire plant species into fuels for cars and homes.

It hasn’t yet gotten to the point where they can throw trash and…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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