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Comstock obtains exclusive worldwide license from DOE's NREL and MIT for biomass-to-SAF technology
Comstock Inc.
- Exclusive worldwide license from DOE's NREL and MIT for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into aromatic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
- Three-year CRADA to integrate NREL's solvocatalytic refining with Comstock's existing process; Comstock funds research and provides Wisconsin pilot facility.
- Key team: NREL's Gregg Beckham, MIT's Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Washington State's Joshua Heyne.
- NREL tech at TRL4; CRADA targets TRL6 pre-commercial pilot, then scale-up to Comstock's planned 50,000 mt/yr demo facility.