Comments on: Coskata Unveils Next Gen Flex-Ethanol Facility In Pennsylvania http://gas2.org/2009/10/15/coskata-unveils-second-generation-flex-ethanol-facility-in-pennsylvania/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Sat, 26 May 2012 14:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: russ http://gas2.org/2009/10/15/coskata-unveils-second-generation-flex-ethanol-facility-in-pennsylvania/#comment-13102 russ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:25:53 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3798#comment-13102 Pure smoke! The diverse feed mix they can do in a cost effective manner when they can't do it with grain or corn alone? Pure smoke! The diverse feed mix they can do in a cost effective manner when they can’t do it with grain or corn alone?

]]> By: russ http://gas2.org/2009/10/15/coskata-unveils-second-generation-flex-ethanol-facility-in-pennsylvania/#comment-36184 russ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:25:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3798#comment-36184 Pure smoke! The diverse feed mix they can do in a cost effective manner when they can't do it with grain or corn alone? Pure smoke! The diverse feed mix they can do in a cost effective manner when they can’t do it with grain or corn alone?

]]> By: Mr. Sinister http://gas2.org/2009/10/15/coskata-unveils-second-generation-flex-ethanol-facility-in-pennsylvania/#comment-13101 Mr. Sinister Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:24:11 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3798#comment-13101 Awesome! You can stick a fork into two-thirds of the biofuel start-ups out there today. There are no enzymatic or pre-treatment processes that can compete with Coskata's low development costs. Coupled with low demand for water, lack of hazardous by-products, and flexible feedstock, it's going to rapidly dominate the biofuels industry in the coming years. Personally, I can't wait for the IPO. Two things that I think would dramatically strengthen Coskata's position, though. First is to apply their process to municipal solid waste. Although they state that it can be done, it is more challenging due to the diverse mix of materials ... metals, toxins, etc. If they can deal with those challenges without the need for expensive pre-sorting, it opens up a huge market for municipalities across the country. Second would be to develop an alternative set of end products using the same up-front process. For example, several companies and universities are developing proprietary organisms that can produce a wide range of high-value chemicals for sale to other industries beyond biofuels. Still other companies are taking a similar approach to produce biodiesel. Syngas is a fairly generic mix of nutrients. By providing flexibility in their product mix, then can offer developers the potential to achieve higher profit margins from the same feedstock, depending on market demand, while simultaneously protecting themselves from variations in the ethanol market. Awesome! You can stick a fork into two-thirds of the biofuel start-ups out there today. There are no enzymatic or pre-treatment processes that can compete with Coskata’s low development costs. Coupled with low demand for water, lack of hazardous by-products, and flexible feedstock, it’s going to rapidly dominate the biofuels industry in the coming years. Personally, I can’t wait for the IPO. Two things that I think would dramatically strengthen Coskata’s position, though.

First is to apply their process to municipal solid waste. Although they state that it can be done, it is more challenging due to the diverse mix of materials … metals, toxins, etc. If they can deal with those challenges without the need for expensive pre-sorting, it opens up a huge market for municipalities across the country.

Second would be to develop an alternative set of end products using the same up-front process. For example, several companies and universities are developing proprietary organisms that can produce a wide range of high-value chemicals for sale to other industries beyond biofuels. Still other companies are taking a similar approach to produce biodiesel. Syngas is a fairly generic mix of nutrients. By providing flexibility in their product mix, then can offer developers the potential to achieve higher profit margins from the same feedstock, depending on market demand, while simultaneously protecting themselves from variations in the ethanol market.

]]> By: Mr. Sinister http://gas2.org/2009/10/15/coskata-unveils-second-generation-flex-ethanol-facility-in-pennsylvania/#comment-36182 Mr. Sinister Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:24:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3798#comment-36182 Awesome! You can stick a fork into two-thirds of the biofuel start-ups out there today. There are no enzymatic or pre-treatment processes that can compete with Coskata's low development costs. Coupled with low demand for water, lack of hazardous by-products, and flexible feedstock, it's going to rapidly dominate the biofuels industry in the coming years. Personally, I can't wait for the IPO. Two things that I think would dramatically strengthen Coskata's position, though. First is to apply their process to municipal solid waste. Although they state that it can be done, it is more challenging due to the diverse mix of materials ... metals, toxins, etc. If they can deal with those challenges without the need for expensive pre-sorting, it opens up a huge market for municipalities across the country. Second would be to develop an alternative set of end products using the same up-front process. For example, several companies and universities are developing proprietary organisms that can produce a wide range of high-value chemicals for sale to other industries beyond biofuels. Still other companies are taking a similar approach to produce biodiesel. Syngas is a fairly generic mix of nutrients. By providing flexibility in their product mix, then can offer developers the potential to achieve higher profit margins from the same feedstock, depending on market demand, while simultaneously protecting themselves from variations in the ethanol market. Awesome! You can stick a fork into two-thirds of the biofuel start-ups out there today. There are no enzymatic or pre-treatment processes that can compete with Coskata’s low development costs. Coupled with low demand for water, lack of hazardous by-products, and flexible feedstock, it’s going to rapidly dominate the biofuels industry in the coming years. Personally, I can’t wait for the IPO. Two things that I think would dramatically strengthen Coskata’s position, though.

First is to apply their process to municipal solid waste. Although they state that it can be done, it is more challenging due to the diverse mix of materials … metals, toxins, etc. If they can deal with those challenges without the need for expensive pre-sorting, it opens up a huge market for municipalities across the country.

Second would be to develop an alternative set of end products using the same up-front process. For example, several companies and universities are developing proprietary organisms that can produce a wide range of high-value chemicals for sale to other industries beyond biofuels. Still other companies are taking a similar approach to produce biodiesel. Syngas is a fairly generic mix of nutrients. By providing flexibility in their product mix, then can offer developers the potential to achieve higher profit margins from the same feedstock, depending on market demand, while simultaneously protecting themselves from variations in the ethanol market.

]]> By: Mr. Sinister http://gas2.org/2009/10/15/coskata-unveils-second-generation-flex-ethanol-facility-in-pennsylvania/#comment-36183 Mr. Sinister Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:24:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=3798#comment-36183 Awesome! You can stick a fork into two-thirds of the biofuel start-ups out there today. There are no enzymatic or pre-treatment processes that can compete with Coskata's low development costs. Coupled with low demand for water, lack of hazardous by-products, and flexible feedstock, it's going to rapidly dominate the biofuels industry in the coming years. Personally, I can't wait for the IPO. Two things that I think would dramatically strengthen Coskata's position, though. First is to apply their process to municipal solid waste. Although they state that it can be done, it is more challenging due to the diverse mix of materials ... metals, toxins, etc. If they can deal with those challenges without the need for expensive pre-sorting, it opens up a huge market for municipalities across the country. Second would be to develop an alternative set of end products using the same up-front process. For example, several companies and universities are developing proprietary organisms that can produce a wide range of high-value chemicals for sale to other industries beyond biofuels. Still other companies are taking a similar approach to produce biodiesel. Syngas is a fairly generic mix of nutrients. By providing flexibility in their product mix, then can offer developers the potential to achieve higher profit margins from the same feedstock, depending on market demand, while simultaneously protecting themselves from variations in the ethanol market. Awesome! You can stick a fork into two-thirds of the biofuel start-ups out there today. There are no enzymatic or pre-treatment processes that can compete with Coskata’s low development costs. Coupled with low demand for water, lack of hazardous by-products, and flexible feedstock, it’s going to rapidly dominate the biofuels industry in the coming years. Personally, I can’t wait for the IPO. Two things that I think would dramatically strengthen Coskata’s position, though.

First is to apply their process to municipal solid waste. Although they state that it can be done, it is more challenging due to the diverse mix of materials … metals, toxins, etc. If they can deal with those challenges without the need for expensive pre-sorting, it opens up a huge market for municipalities across the country.

Second would be to develop an alternative set of end products using the same up-front process. For example, several companies and universities are developing proprietary organisms that can produce a wide range of high-value chemicals for sale to other industries beyond biofuels. Still other companies are taking a similar approach to produce biodiesel. Syngas is a fairly generic mix of nutrients. By providing flexibility in their product mix, then can offer developers the potential to achieve higher profit margins from the same feedstock, depending on market demand, while simultaneously protecting themselves from variations in the ethanol market.

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