Under the alliance, Cobalt and Rhodia will collaborate to deploy Cobalt’s technology for the conversion of sugar cane bagasse into n-butanol for the chemicals and fuels market.
The collaboration will initially develop options for deploying Cobalt’s technology at a sugar mill.
Following this first step, the partners will jointly develop a demonstration plant to demonstrate Cobalt’s technology on site in Brazil.
Following the demonstration plant the parties intend to construct multiple bio-refineries co-located with sugar mills, first in Brazil and then in other Latin American countries.
Rhodia Coatis Business Unit president Vincent Kamel said bio n-butanol based on bagasse will enlarge the company’s Augeo range of biosourced solvents and perfectly fits with Rhodia’s sustainable development strategy.
Cobalt is a developer of next generation bio-based chemicals.
