Hydrocarbons produced by industrial biology: Global Bioenergies' background and prospects

Global Bioenergies was founded in 2008 on a breakthrough in industrial biology: the production of hydrocarbon gases through fermentation. The company has focused on the biological production of isobutane, a major elementary brick in organic chemistry that can be converted into fuel, plastic, organic glass or elastomer. Global Bioenergies is still making its process more efficient, nowadays by conducting tests on its demonstration plant in Germany and making plans for launching full-scale operations in factories