Production of High Performance Lubricants from Cellulosic Sugar Award Number: DE- EE-0007007 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 10/20/2015 Location(s): MN Office(s): Golden Field Office
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October 20, 2015
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Production of High Performance Lubricants from Cellulosic Sugar
Award Number: DE- EE-0007007
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 10/20/2015
Location(s): MN
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Cargill, Inc. to develop engineered microorganisms and bioprocesses that convert cellulosic sugars to caprylate methyl or ethyl esters for the production of high-performance biolubricants.
The proposed project activities would include the design and development of bacterial strains and fermentation processes to convert sugars to caprylate methyl or ethyl esters. Strain development would include enzyme engineering and genetic engineering of the strains, but would not include genetically modifying organisms as defined by the EPA and 40CFR725. These activities would all be undertaken at Cargill’s Biotechnology research and development (R&D) laboratories; first in Exelsior, MN and Minnetonka, MN and finishing in Plymouth, MN.