NREL is working with Ecopetrol, the largest oil company in Colombia, to process the residue from sugar cane and palm oil harvesting into fuel ethanol for blending with gasoline. Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between NREL and Ecopetrol aims to optimize conversion process for bagasse and to analyze economic case for commercial production of biofuel from these materials. It will also include some limited study on palm rachis — the material left over after palm oil ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of: