In California, Cobalt Technologies appointed Bob Mayer as chairman and CEO. Mayer, who most recently was CEO of Genencor, currently serves on the board of advanced cellulosic biofuels developer Edeniq, and is a former board member of Martek.
Cobalt’s bio n-butanol technology converts biomass and non-food waste sugars into bio n-butanol at a cost that is 40-60% lower than current petrochemical technology.
