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USDA, DOE announce $24 million in bioenergy, bio-based products R&D grants: Gevo, Velocys, GE, Agrivida among awardees for ethanol, biobutanol, drop-in fuels
In Washington, the US Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced $24 million in R&D grants for biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA contributing up to $19.5 million.
Projects announced today will contribute a minimum of 20 percent of matching [...]
RFA lobbying of DOE to ease loan guarantee requirements, citing advanced biofuels difficulties in qualifying
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association commenced an effort to persuade U.S. DOE Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to address issues with the DOE’s loan guarantee program as related to cellulosic ethanol biorefineries. The association’s letter begins as follows:
Dear Secretary Chu:
The Renewable Fuels Association, the national trade association representing the U.S. ethanol industry, is writing [...]
ARPE-E awards $151 million in advanced energy R&D – pyrolysis, algae, butanol, CO2 capture among hot technologies funded
In California, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that ARPA-E — the Department’s recently-formed Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy — has awarded $151 million in funding for 37 research projects. Among awardees:
University of Minnesota. Direct Solar Fuels Production of liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels directly from sunlight, water and CO2 using an artificial symbiotic colony of photosynthetic [...]
US DOE, EPA release 2010 Fuel Economy Guide
In Washington, the EPA and DOE released the the 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, which gives consumers important information about estimated fuel costs and mileage standards for model year 2010 vehicles. Each vehicle listing in the Fuel Economy Guide provides an estimated annual fuel cost.
The estimate is calculated based on the vehicle’s miles per gallon (mpg) [...]
DOE calls funding webinar “our most successful yet!” despite reports of technology crash; readers analyze actual results
In Washington, the Department of Energy said that more than 200 people attended a recent Business Opportunity Session in person in Washington, and 300 attended online — and described the Department’s first webcast as “our most successful yet!” despite reports from Digest readers that the presentation crashed on some computers. The video of the presentation [...]
“Benjamins for Biofuels” Part IV: DOE awards $529 million for company making an $89K all-electric sports car in Finland, while US projects languish
The US Government offered $529 million loan to an Al Gore-backed company making $89,000 all-electric sports car in Finland, while US projects for US jobs go unfunded.
The move follows a $465 million loan to Tesla Motors for another all electric sports car. Employees of Fisker’s top investor, KPC&B, donated more than $2 million to the [...]
DOE webinar provides tips for securing loan guarantees
In Washington, Biomass magazine has provided a recap from a recent Department of Energy webinar with tips on obtaining loan guarantees.
According to the report, the DOE said that key determining factors include, third-party offtake and supplier contracts, the presence of engineering, procurement and construction contracts, detailed construction budgets; demonstration that permits, intellectual property, equity and [...]
Four DOE, USDA and Treasury biofuels financing programs
Here’s a recap of four major funding programs offered by the US Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture and the Treasury Department:
1. The DOE has announced up to $30 Billion in directly funded loan guarantees, under the section 1705 loan guarantee program, for demonstration projects using commercially proven technologies in alternative energy. There are [...]
DOE Revolving Loan Fund for renewable energy webinar scheduled
In Washington, “How to use funding from the 2009 Recovery Act to establish a revolving loan program to support renewable energy projects,” is the subject of a DOE Technical Assistance Project webinar for state and local officials. The free web event is scheduled for Wednesday, August 26th from 3pm to 4:15pm EDT.
Presenters will be: Samuel [...]
DOE’s $100 million fund for “innovative concepts for CO2″ attracts OriginOil-led consortium
In California, OriginOil reports that it is leading a consortium including the Idaho National Laboratory, two US universities and the materials technology firm Media & Process Technology in an effort to secure funding under the DOE’s DE-FOA-0000015, for “Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO2 Use”.
The FOA is expected [...]
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