Driving the next generation of biofuels to be cost-competitive with fossil fuels
Cost-competitive with fossil fuels, and carbon-negative
Terragia enables cellulosic ethanol production at an 8x shorter payback period and 10x smaller scale than conventional approaches. It’s a radically new paradigm.
Better biology
Terragia starts with thermophilic microorganisms representative of nature’s best cellulosic biomass fermenters, and genetically engineers them to produce ethanol and other products. Thermophilic anaerobic bacteria are decisively better than commercial cellulases at deconstructing cellulosic biomass.
Consolidated bioprocessing
Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) using engineered thermophiles synergistically combines biologically-mediated events into one process step with no added enzymes. This is projected to lower costs and improve operational robustness.
No thermochemical pretreatment
Enabled by better biology, Terragia's microbes can access the carbohydrate fraction of cellulosic biomass without thermochemical pretreatment, which reduces carbon intensity and operational challenges. For some but not all feedstocks, this process is enhanced by mechanical disruption during fermentation.
