Virent Energy Systems of Madison has raised $7.5 million in venture capital for continued development and commercialization of its system for turning biomass into hydrogen and gas that can be used to power engines and create electricity.
….Virent, a UW-Madison spin-off, has a pilot project going with Madison Gas and Electric Co. in which one of its fuel cell systems is turning soybean and corn byproducts into a mixture of hydrogen and components of natural gas that burns very cleanly with few emissions.