Arbor Fuel wins National Science Foundation grant for biobutanol development

FARMINGTON, CT: June 15, 2009 - Arbor Fuel has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to help fund its ongoing development of yeast strains for the production of biobutanol. This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Steven Henck, President and CEO of Arbor Fuel, said "We are very honored to have been awarded this grant to support the development of yeast strains for the production of biobutanol. Biobutanol has the potential to be an important next-generation alternative fuel as it can be blended directly with gasoline in high concentrations and has other attractive characteristics. We are pleased to have been recognized for our technological expertise in this area."

About Arbor Fuel

Arbor Fuel is developing yeast strains and processes which will enable the production of both ethanol and butanol from renewable, non-food biomass sources. The technology it is developing will produce both bioethanol and biobutanol while helping to alleviate the current unintended consequences of the utilization of food crops for the production of biofuels, such as the production of bioethanol from corn or sugarcane.