Coskata, Inc. is a biology-based renewable energy company, with technology for the production of liquid fuels. Using proprietary microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, the company will produce ethanol from a wide variety of input materials to provide economic, environmental, and national security benefits.
Efficient, Affordable, Feedstock Flexible Ethanol in Three Steps:
  1. Incoming material converted into synthesis gas (gasification)
  2. Fermentation of the synthesis gas to ethanol (biofermentation)
  3. Separation and recovery of ethanol (separations)

What does Coskata mean?


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Coskata is a beach as well as a wildlife refuge near Nantucket.
Coskata founders were awed by the beauty and natural wonder of the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge during a visit to Nantucket Island.
The complex ecosystem spans more than 1,117 acres, and is home to rare habitats, plants and birds. The Refuge is not only an inspiration for the preservation of our natural world, but a model for Coskata's ethanol conversion technology. This biological conversion process can take in a multitude of diverse input materials for efficient conversion into ethanol.