Erg Bio’s Aspire™ Technology utilizes a unique low-temperature solvent pretreatment to extract cellulosic material from diverse sources like agricultural waste, forestry and wood waste, and solid municipal waste including mixtures. With the ability to process over 30 different feedstocks, it yields higher sugars at low capital and operating expenses.
Paired with Erg Bio’s Consolidated Bioprocessing biocatalyst, this process produces intermediates for cost-competitive net zero sustainable aviation fuel, rivaling petroleum-based aviation fuel. The intermediate net zero, low cost sugars offer a solution for competitive biochemicals, biomaterials, and bioplastics. Additionally, the technology yields unmodified lignin as a co-product for near-future higher value applications.
Technology Differentiation
Technology at Pilot Scale
Mixed Feedstock (almond waste, walnut shells, pine) scaled under a California Energy Commission Funded Grant
Feedstocks
Erg Bio’s ASPIRE Technology is truly feedstock agnostic and works on over 30 agriculture residues, forest/woody waste and municipal solid waste as well as dedicated energy crops with the ability to even use mixtures of feedstocks. This makes the technology prime to the leverage the 1.1 to 1.5 billion tons of biomass available in the U.S. alone.
Intellectual Property
Erg Bio’s. core technology is exclusively licensed from the deconstruction and advanced biofuels portfolio of patents from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LNBL)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute.
