FAQ & Glossary

Virtually any biomass, including grasses and agricultural wastes, are first milled and then combined with our catalyst. From there, the product runs through our CTS Reactor, where the cellulose is broken down into soluble sugars that can be converted into ethanol through a fermentation process. Additionally, a byproduct of this process is a high purity lignin.

Blue Biofuels does not intend to completely replace fossil fuels. However, our uncomplicated, highly-efficient cellulose-to-sugar (CTS) process allows us to meet the growing demand for biofuels set by the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the RFS is a federal program that requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.

Presently, the cellulosic requirements are not being met, due to the lack of capacity of existing second-generation biofuel producers.

Plants capture CO2 from the atmosphere while growing, which is then released back into the atmosphere during consumption. As a result, Blue Biofuels creates a near carbon neutral biofuel.

Fossil fuels, on the other hand, pull carbon that has been trapped underground, which introduces new greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Blue Biofuels uses abundant cellulosic materials as feedstock — whether grass, wood chips or your latest yard cleanout — to convert into renewable biofuel.

From fast-growing, high-yield crops to agricultural waste, such as bagasse from the sugarcane industry, these feedstocks reduce our dependence on water and fertilizer. And unlike corn, our process consumes the entire plant for fuel, instead of just the starches and sugars in the seed of the plant.

The United States is investing highly in the biofuel industry, in an effort to stimulate the economy, reduce foreign energy dependence and combat climate change.

The U.S. EPA offers an incentive renewable credit (RIN) for each gallon of fuel produced from renewable resources.
The incentive for D3 RIN, or cellulosic biofuel, is currently $3.00/gallon as of September 2022.

The ethanol we produce is not meant for airplanes. However, through the Vertimass Process, we can convert our product into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Presently, sustainable aviation fuels from cellulosic ethanol do not exist in appreciable amounts.