Catchlight Energy LLC

A joint venture between Chevron and Weyerhaeuser on intercropped energy grasses between timberland.

Catchlight Energy is a joint venture between Chevron and Weyerhaeuser.

Catchlight Energy was created in 2008 from the idea that cellulosic biofuels can fill an important role in diversifying the nation's energy sources and addressing global climate change by providing a source of low-carbon transportation fuel. The company's mission is to commercialize large-scale production of liquid transportation of fuels from sustainable forest-based resources, drawing on Weyerhaeuser’s expertise in innovative land stewardship, resource management and capacity to deliver sustainable cellulose-based feedstocks at scale with Chevron’s technology capabilities in molecular conversion, product engineering, advanced fuel manufacturing and fuels distribution.

Catchlight Energy is working on both short- and long-term solutions to grow and harvest forest-based material. Potential sources include existing forestry residues as well as intercropping plants such as switchgrass. The Biofuels Center of North Carolina is partnering with Catchlight on its intercropping agronomic testing and is running field trials at North Carolina's Biofuels Campus.

See also: Cellulosic Ethanol

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