US: Joule awarded photons-to-fuel ethanol patents

Joule Unlimited Technologies has secured its first two US patents covering its fundamental method for producing ethanol at volumes and efficiencies "far surpassing" biomass-dependent processes. The patents relate to methods for increasing the ethanol production capability of a photosynthetic micro-organism. Unlike competing technologies in which micro-organisms produce ethanol by fermenting sugars from Subscribe to Automotive World to continue … Continued

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• July 27, 2011