Thursday, June 28, 2007
News Bioenergy Dawgs and alternative fuel Yellow Jackets
Posted by Valentina Tapia on Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 7:30 PM
The Department of Energy awarded the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology, partnered with other research labs and universities, a cool $125 million over a period of five years for the development of one of three bioenergy research centers.
Says Alan Darvill, head of UGA's team:
This research, which uses biotechnology approaches to reduce the high cost of processing plants into biofuels, has the potential to make ethanol a significant replacement for fossil fuels for this country’s future energy needs.
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Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman explained the center's mission to the Associated Press:
These centers will provide the transformational science needed for bioenergy breakthroughs to advance President Bush’s goal of making cellulosic ethanol cost-competitive with gasoline by 2012, and assist in reducing America’s gasoline consumption by 20 percent in 10 years.
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The center will be based at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at the University of Tennessee.
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