Biofuel Research Noted in Mainebiz

UMaine’s research into biofuels and bioplastics was noted in a Mainebiz story about Maine’s clean economy and the high grades the state received recently in a Brookings Institution report. The story mentioned the company Old Town Fuel & Fiber and its work with the UMaine Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering to refine a process to turn wood sugar extracts into bioplastics precursors and jet fuel.

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