US Department of Energy awards $7.7 million for cellulosic ethanol research

The US Department of Energy announced four grants totaling $7.7 million dollars for support of cellulosic ethanol projects. The winning teams developed projects that showed new methods to eliminate contaminants generated during the ethanol conversion process.

The DOE has awarded more than $1 billion in 2007 in support of cellulosic ethanol, including $385 million in grants to six companies to assist in cellulosic ethanol plant construction.

Recently indicated that it would explore the feasibility of high ethanol blends, noting that Brazil has a baseline blend of E22, compared to the US E10 baseline. “We will be testing for E12, E15 and eventually E20 and working together with the Environment Protection Agency and others,” he said.

The DOE has also indicated that it will resume algae-related biodiesel research.

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