Title:

DOE Selects Five Biofuels Projects to Receive up to $21 Million in Funding

Description:

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that up to $21 million will be made available for the selection of five projects that will develop supply systems to handle and deliver high tonnage biomass feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production.

Recipients:

• AGCO Corporation of Duluth, GA (up to $5 million) will seek to demonstrate the viability of the densified, large square bale (LSB) as a least-cost, near-term means for supplying high tonnage biomass feedstocks to cellulosic biofuel processors.
• Auburn University of Auburn, Alabama (up to $4.9 million) will work with leading producers of forest biomass for energy in Alabama to design and demonstrate a high productivity system to harvest, process, and transport woody biomass from southern pine plantations.
• FDC Enterprises Inc. of Columbus, Ohio (up to $4.9 million) will primarily target Abengoa Bioenergy’s cellulosic biorefinery, which is currently under development in Hugoton, Kansas.
• Genera Energy, LLC of Knoxville, Tennessee (up to $4.9 million) will supply low-moisture switchgrass with an efficient bulk-format system that maximizes automated conveyance and handling.
• The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry of Syracuse, New York (up to $1.3 million) plans to build on existing collaborative efforts among the project partners to develop, test, and deploy a single-pass cut-and-chip harvester combined with a handling, transportation, and storage system that is effective and efficient in a range of different short-rotation wood crops (SRWC) production systems throughout North America.

Award Total:

$21 million

Sponsoring Office:

U.S. Department of Energy

URL:

http://www.energy.gov/7848.htm

Title:

DOE Awards POET $6.85 Million for Cellulosic Ethanol

Description:

The funds will be used to develop the feedstock infrastructure for cellulosic ethanol production. POET will work with equipment manufacturers to help speed the process of getting cob-harvesting technology into fields around Emmetsburg and will incentivize early adopters of cob harvesting.

Recipients:

POET, LLC

Award Total:

$6.85 million

Sponsoring Office:

U.S. Department of Energy

URL:

http://www.thebioenergysite.com/news/4667/doe-awards-poet-685-million-for-cellulosic-ethanol

Title:

EPA Awards Grant to SDSU Students

Description:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded South Dakota State University students with a $10,000 grant to help develop a recyclable catalyst for biodiesel production using waste grease, recycled oil and potentially algae.

Recipients:

South Dakota State University

Award Total:

$10,000

Sponsoring Office:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

URL:

http://www.biodieselinvesting.com/biodiesel-archives/2009/10/20/epa-awards-grant-to-sdsu-students/

Title:

DOE Awards AE Biofuels and Pearson Fuels $6.9 Million to Build and Supply E85 Stations in California

Description:

AE Biofuels, Inc., a global vertically integrated biofuels company, and Pearson Fuels, an alternative fuels provider, today announced that they have been awarded a $6.9 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy through its Clean Cities program.

Recipients:

AE Biofuels and Pearson Fuels

Award Total:

$6.9 million

Sponsoring Office:

U.S. Department of Energy

URL:

http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/

Title:

Transformational Energy Research Projects Win $151 Million in Funding

Description:

The Department of Energy today announced major funding for 37 ambitious research projects - including some that could allow intermittent energy sources like wind and solar to provide a steady flow of power, or use bacteria to produce automotive fuel from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The $151 million in funding is being awarded through the Department's recently-formed Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy ("ARPA-E").

Recipients:

See link below for full list

Award Total:

$151 million

Sponsoring Office:

U.S. Department of Energy

URL:

http://arpa-e.energy.gov/