Green Energy Farmers Cooperative and the Mobinol Fuel Co.
Convert non-food crops on the farm to easily transported material sent to biorefineries for conversion into fuel & products to supplement or replace petroleum.
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Clean Technology
- Location East Greenville, PA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded July 2014
- Employees 2
- Website mobinolfuelinstitute.com
Company Summary
The Green Energy Farmers Cooperative is farmers with non-food biomass crops, eg switchgrass. Biomass is processed on the farm to lignin & cellulose that can be sent at low cost to biorefineries such as The Mobinol Fuel Co. for conversion into products to supplement or replace petroleum. Lignin and cellulose are processed to fuels & valuable chemicals having existing markets. Processing on the farm is innovative as is the valorization of lignin.
Team
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Co-founder of the Green Energy Farmers Cooperative and founder of the Mobinol Fuel. Co., LLCLife-long biotechnology researcher
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Frank McDonnellCo-founder of the Green Energy Farmers CooperativeLife-long farmer at The McDonnell Farm, East Greenville, PA
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