Dive summary:

• Primus Green Energy, which is financially backed by the renewable energy arm of the Israel Corporation, is working to make cost-efficient and clean alternative liquid transportation fuels from natural gas and biomass.
• Last June, an $8 million demo plant opened that can produce 33 liters of gasoline every hour, goals for the full scale plant include the ability to produce 25 million gallons of biofuel annually.
• The fuel from natural gasses should be virtually indistinguishable from petroleum-based fuels and can be used directly in engines without modification.

From the article:

Though the company’s proprietary process can use a variety of feedstocks, including pelletized wood waste or energy crops, Primus is focusing for now on cheaply obtained natural gas.

“We’re completing a full-scale demonstration plant in Hillsborough, which comes on line April 1 and will produce drop-in gasoline and/or jet fuel from natural gas. And then we expect to break ground for our first commercial plant in the fourth quarter of 2013,” says Boyajian. ...