PETROSS

PETROSS helped transform sugarcane and sweet sorghum to naturally produce large amounts of bio-oil, a sustainable source of biofuel. This work is continuing through Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane, or ROGUE... In 2012, PETROSS began an ambitious journey to transform sugarcane and sweet sorghum to naturally produce more bioenergy per acre than any other crop. With critical support from the Advanced Projects Research Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), PETROSS created bigger, more productive (and profitable) biofuel crops - a sustainable source of biofuel, particularly biodiesel and bio-jet fuel. With critical support from ARPA-E, PETROSS began the journey to create inexhaustible and sustainable wells of oil sprouting in economically depressed rural areas. In just a few years, the project created bigger, more productive biofuel crops that can thrive on marginal land. This project ended in March 2017... The PETROSS team has proven sugarcane can be genetically engineered to..