Research to Focus on Creating "Third-Generation" Biofuels from Non-Food Sources to Cut Carbon Emissions, Reduce Dependency on Finite Fossil Fuels

Dr. Richard Sayre, one of the nation’s leading biofuels researchers, has been named director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis.

Enterprise created the Institute in 2007 with a $25 million gift from the company’s founding family, the Taylors of St. Louis, to support development of renewable energy sources. The Taylors – who own Enterprise, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car – operate the world’s largest automotive fleet, with more than 1.1 million vehicles. read more

Source: Enterprise Rent-A-Car