What is the Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit, where is it, who does it serve and how?
Located at Berkeley Lab, the ABPDU aims to “support the commercialization of industry-, academic-and DOE-driven biofuels and bio-products by providing a key technical resource and an agile, flexible team for process development and demonstration. The project aims to have at least one industry sponsor per year commercially launch a biofuel / bio-product and secure private funding based on data generated at the ABDPU.”
So far, 29 Industry partners, including 26 US small businesses, have become partners of the Unit in developing and testing new, advanced processes. The ABPDU’s director, Dr. Todd Pray, gave this illuminating overview of the unit, capabilities and team at the DOE’s 2017 Project Peer Review event.
