BP Biofuels Highlands

BP Biofuels HighlandsCompany type| Subsidiary

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Industry| Biofuels
Headquarters|

Tampa, Florida

United States

Products| Cellulosic ethanol
Parent| BP Biofuels
Website| www.vercipia.com

BP Biofuels Highlands was a subsidiary of BP developing cellulosic ethanol project in Florida. It was formerly known as Vercipia Biofuels.[1][2] The company headquartered out of Tampa, Florida.

Vercipia was established as a joint venture between BP and Verenium Corporation in 2009.[3] In July 2010, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of BP.[4][5]

Highlands planned to develop a fully integrated commercial plant of cellulosic ethanol located in Highlands County, Florida. The expected output of the plant was up to 36 million US gallons (860,000 bbl) of cellulosic ethanol per year. The project was cancelled in October 2012.[6]

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1. ^ "BP Biofuels Highlands". bp.com company web site. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
2. ^ Neff, Todd (10 May 2012). "BP forges ahead with biofuels". Cleanenergy.com site. Montreux Energy. Retrieved 29 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
3. ^ "BP and Verenium Announce Vercipia Biofuels to Advance the Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol" (Press release). Verenium Corporation. 2009-07-29. Archived from the original on 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
4. ^ Sims, Bryan (2012-03-22). "Mendel Biotechnology, BP Biofuels to conduct miscanthus trials". Ethanol Producer Magazine. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
5. ^ "Verenium, BP close $98.3M sale of Vercipia". Biofules Digest. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
6. ^ Peltier, Michael (2012-10-26). "BP Changes Ethanol Plans in Florida". Sunshine State News. Retrieved 2012-11-03.