The U.S. Department of Energy on Jan. 26 awarded $118 million to 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels for America’s transportation and manufacturing needs. The projects were selected under a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued in mid-2022.
The projects selected to receive funding include pre-pilot, pilot and demonstration projects. The awards support the agency’s goal to achieve cost-competitive biofuels and at least a 70 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030.
The 17 selected projects were awarded under four topic areas, including pre-pilot scale-up of integrated biorefineries; pilot scale-up of integrated biorefineries; demonstration scale-up of integrated biorefineries; and gen-1 corn ethanol emission reduction…
