Producing bioenergy from diseased plants

The technology information network CNET said on April 16 that the US Cobalt company has found a way to produce bioethanol from a dead plant due to the beetle destruction.

According to Cobalt, this bioenergy when mixed with petroleum, diesel or aviation fuel can be used in plastic production.

Until now, Cobalt has successfully produced biofuels from wood scraps. Compared to traditional fuels, 12% bioenergy fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85%.

Cobalt said the new biofuel could replace ethanol.

In January, Cobalt officially opened a biofuel factory.

The principle of producing bioenergy from wood materials is that the company first uses a homemade yeast to ferment wood materials, then convert them into butanol.

Because these wood materials were destroyed and killed by beetles, they contained toxic properties, so scientists applied a pretreatment process to process wood materials.

According to a spokesperson for Cobalt, the pretreatment process saves energy consumption.

The media said, beetles are a huge threat to forests in the US and Canada.

If the technology is successfully applied, it will be important to turn wood waste into useful fuel./.