Energy Department Announces Investment to Accelerate Next Generation Biofuels
U.S. Department of Energy, July 1, 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced four research and
development projects to bring next generation biofuels on line faster
and drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels
from biomass. The projects—located in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utaah, and
Wisconsin—represent a $13 million Energy Department investmeent. The
projects will help maximize the amount of renewable carbon and hydrogen
that can be converted to fuels from biomass and improve the separation
processes in bio-oil production to remove non-fuel components—furtther
lowering production costs. They broader efforts to accelerate the next
generation of biofuels by bringing down costs, improving performance and
identifying effective, non-food feedstocks and conversion technologies.
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