A leading biofuels company will begin making farnesene for cosmetics and fuel in Brazil.
Amyris, a biofuels company based in Emeryville, California, announced that it is about to start commercial production of a chemical called farnesene, which can be used to make cosmetics, lubricants, and diesel and jet fuel. The company, which makes the chemical using genetically engineered yeast, is buying dedicated access to three 200,000-liter fermentors owned by a Brazilian company that makes food products for animals. The fermentors, which will start production in May, can produce up to 17 million liters of farnesene per year.
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