Sasol Secures Majority of Gevo's Isobutanol Through 2013

Isobutanol producer Gevo (Englewood, CO) says it has entered into a definitive, commercial off-take agreement with Sasol Chemical Industries Limited. The deal is expected to include the majority of Gevo's 2012 and 2013 production capacity. Sasol will use the isobutanol to produce solvents and specialty chemicals. Gevo says it aims to produce about 110 million gals/year of isobutanol by 2013, and 350 million gals/year by 2015. Together with Redfield Energy (Redfield, SD), the company is retrofitting a Redfield 50-million gals/year ethanol plant into a 38-million...

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