P2 Science Secures $2.8M for Faster Green Fuels

0:00It's April 14. This is Hartford News Today. Local news powered by AI. P2Science, a green chemistry outfit out of Woodbridge, just scored $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-IE. Program. They're using it to push research on quicker ways to make fuels and chemicals from plants. The plan? Build automated setups blending robotics and AI to test tons of catalysts options super fast. This speed up those key reactions needed for turning plant stuff into usable products. This hits big for the industry since P2 already makes renewable ingredients for things like personal care, fragrances, and heavy-duty materials. Faster development means greener options hitting shelves sooner, cutting down on fossil fuel reliance. They're teaming up with the Matter Lab for AI smarts and the national labs of the Rockies for computational modeling to nail plant oils and resins, into liquid fuels. Word on the street is this tech could slash development tar mines in half, paving the

1:03way for cleaner energy without the weight.