ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co. and Renewable Energy Group Inc.’s Life Sciences subsidiary have agreed to study the production of biodiesel via fermentation of renewable cellulosic sugars.
Renewable Energy Group, Ames, Iowa, has a patented technology that uses microbes to convert sugars to biodiesel in a one-step process similar to ethanol production.
In the US, commercial production of renewable fuel from cellulose has fallen short of statutory requirements.
