Written by: admin 2/17/2012 5:25 PM
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Primus Green Energy Ltd., the developer of renewable gasoline based in Hillsborough, N.J., has announced that it has produced its first sample of renewable drop-in gasoline through a proprietary combination of biomass conversion technologies that transforms herbaceous and woody biomass, in conjunction with natural gas, into high-octane gasoline. The gasoline produced from the Primus technology, which is virtually indistinguishable from gasoline produced from fossil fuels, can be used directly in engines as a component of standard fuel formulas and does not require costly engine modifications, overhauls of the fuel delivery infrastructure or changes in consumer behavior.
The gasoline produced is a high quality product, with a higher-octane level (93) and a lower level of benzene than gasoline produced from petroleum. Primus Green Energy has produced fuel samples from a test plant, recently broke ground on an automated demonstration plant and is planning to break ground next year on a commercial plant in eastern Pennsylvania that will be designed to produce 4.8 million gallons per year of gasoline from wood pellets and non-food, herbaceous crops.