{"id":204814,"date":"2025-08-04T18:36:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/?p=204814"},"modified":"2025-08-04T18:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:36:23","slug":"doe-to-launch-us-23-million-sparc-nofo-for-renewable-chemicals-marine-biobased-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/doe-to-launch-us-23-million-sparc-nofo-for-renewable-chemicals-marine-biobased-fuels\/","title":{"rendered":"DOE to launch US\u202f$23\u202fmillion SPARC NOFO for renewable chemicals &#038; marine biobased fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In\u00a0United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cad875-million-biofuel-plant-in-varennes-quebec---enerkem-proposed-partnership-with-shell-suncor-and-proman-with-the-leadership-of-the-quebec-government-and-support-from-the-canadian-government-301188475.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">the DOE\u2019s Bioenergy Technologies Office has issued a\u00a0<b>Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)<\/b>under its\u00a0<b>SPARC<\/b>\u00a0programme, slated for\u00a0<b>January 2025<\/b>, with up to\u00a0<b>US\u202f$23\u202fmillion<\/b>\u00a0available<\/a>. It targets two areas:\u00a0<b>Topic\u202f1<\/b>, biobased value\u2011added chemicals (e.g. biobased propanediols, bio\u2011LPG);\u00a0<b>Topic\u202f2<\/b>, biobased propane\/LPG innovations, including sustainable marine fuels. Concept papers are due\u00a0<b>March 14, 2025<\/b>, full proposals by\u00a0<b>May 30<\/b>, with awards expected in\u00a0<b>October 2025<\/b>. The funding intends to stimulate pilot\u2010 and demonstration\u2010scale innovation, bolster domestic supply chains and support drop\u2011in fuel alternatives. \u2014 Source: Energy.gov NOFO announcement (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/bioenergy\/funding-notice-us-department-energy-announces-23-million-propel-renewable-chemicals?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><span class=\"s2\">energy.gov<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enerkem.com\/newsroom-and-resources?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><span class=\"s2\">enerkem.com<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cad875-million-biofuel-plant-in-varennes-quebec---enerkem-proposed-partnership-with-shell-suncor-and-proman-with-the-leadership-of-the-quebec-government-and-support-from-the-canadian-government-301188475.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><span class=\"s2\">PR Newswire<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0United States, the DOE\u2019s Bioenergy Technologies Office has issued a\u00a0Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)under its\u00a0SPARC\u00a0programme, slated for\u00a0January 2025, with up to\u00a0US\u202f$23\u202fmillion\u00a0available. It targets two areas:\u00a0Topic\u202f1, biobased value\u2011added chemicals (e.g. biobased propanediols, bio\u2011LPG);\u00a0Topic\u202f2, biobased propane\/LPG innovations, including sustainable marine fuels. Concept papers are due\u00a0March 14, 2025, full proposals by\u00a0May 30, with awards expected in\u00a0October 2025. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[17965,22783,19842],"class_list":["post-204814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-research","tag-doe","tag-sparc-nofo","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}