BP Biofuels and Texas AgriLife Research partner to advance biofuel feedstock development

摘要

BP Biofuels and Texas AgriLife Research, part of The Texas A&M University System, have signed a three-year agreement to develop and commercialise cellulosic feedstocks for the production of advanced biofuels. The collaboration will utilize AgriLife Research's diverse high biomass energy crop breeding program and BP Biofuels' position as one of the few global energy companies growing commercial-scale biomass crops for liquid fuels. The research and development project has two integrated components -plant breeding and production agronomics. Plant breeding efforts will be focused on developing new varieties of pearl-millet napiergrass, kinggrass, energy cane and miscane suitable for cellulosic biofuel feedstock production along the US Gulf Coast.