Future Home of Cornell’s Biofuels Research Laboratory (BRL)
A Launch Pad for Scientific and Technological Innovations.
Renovation of the East Wing of Riley-Robb Hall on the Cornell campus is underway to create a suite of labs for research of biofuels from cellulosic materials: Biofuels Research Laboratory (BRL).
The Empire State Development Corporation provided funding for the BRL. The goals of the BRL are to:
- Expand biomass pretreatment research and development capacity;
- Expand research and development capacity for enzymatic conversion of cellulose to fermentable sugars;
- Expand research and development capacity for the fermentation of mixed sugar streams;
- Integrate pretreatment, enzymatic conversion, and mixed sugar fermentation around New York State energy crops.
