In Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reported that MIT researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100% sustainable.
The MIT researchers are currently working in collaboration with researchers at Washington State University, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Their work has focused on lignin, a tough material that gives plants structural support and protection against microbes and fungi, MIT said.
This research was initially funded by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Research Center supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the DOE Office of Science. More recent funding came from the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office and from Eni S.p.A.
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