U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman on Tuesday announced the selection of four biofuels projects in which DOE plans to invest up to 7.7 million dollars.
These projects will demonstrate the thermochemical conversion process of turning grasses, stover, the non-edible portion of crops and other materials into biofuel, said a statement released by the DOE.
The four selected projects were carried by Emery Energy Company of Salt Lake City, Utah; Iowa State University of Ames, Iowa; Research Triangle Institute of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and Southern Research Institute of Birmingham, Alabama, said the statement.
"We are committed to expanding the sustainable production and use of biofuels and these projects will help develop cleaner methods for turning a wide variety of feedstocks into fuel," said Bodman.
"Successful completion of these projects stands to redefine the way we produce America's fuels and follows the President's call to end our dependence to oil," he added.
Combined with Tuesday's announcement, DOE has announced over 1 billion dollars in funding for biofuels research and development (multi-year funding) projects this year.
All these R&D projects will help further the U.S. government's goal of making cellulosic ethanol cost-competitive with gasoline by 2012 and, along with increased automobile fuel efficiency, reduce America's gasoline consumptions by 20 percent in ten years, said the DOE.
Source:Xinhua
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