REPREVE® Renewables’ FREEDOMTM Giant Miscanthus Used by Cool Planet to Produce Gasoline
SOPERTON, GEORGIA – March 2, 2012 – Cool Planet Biofuels , a developer of negative and neutral carbon fuels, announced its use of REPREVE® Renewables ’ FREEDOM™ giant miscanthus to manufacture tank-ready gasoline. REPREVE Renewables provided feedstock to Cool Planet Biofuels for testing in its process. By using FREEDOM, Cool Planet reported that they were able to achieve a 4,000 gallons/acre conversion rate, which outperforms other feedstocks such as corn, switchgrass and wood on yield. The resulting