The USDA has awarded $25 million for bio-energy research and development.
Credit: Todd Johnson
The U.S. Department of agriculture (USDA) on 11 January awarded $25 million for four projects in four States for the financing of research and development of next-generation renewable energy and organic products from a variety of biomass. The projects will be funded by USDA National Institute of food and agriculture by the biomass research and development initiative and the Energy Ministry will make more awards from this program. Research helps to increase the availability of alternative renewable fuels and organic products of the country's energy resources to diversify. Each award has been through a competitive selection process.
Fellows shall contribute at least 20% of matching funds for research and development projects and 50% matching funds for demonstration projects. Winners must keep track of projects, the integration of science and research in three areas of Engineering: feedstocks development, development of bio-fuels and organic products and development analysis of biofuels and bioproducts.
The following projects were selected for the awards: Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, are trying the rape crop camelina provide a low-cost bio-fuel and sunflower oils feedstock; Ohio State University in Wooster, Ohio, that an anaerobic digestion system for the production of liquid transportation fuels and electricity from animal dung, wood biomass, agricultural residues and energy crops to focus on; Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, the infrastructure compatible renewable diesel, biolubricants and BioPower lignocellulose converted; and the USDA Agricultural Research service in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, a distributed farm technology will develop for the conversion of waste wood, horse manure, switchgrass and other perennial grasses in bio-fuels and high-quality specialty chemicals. See the press release of the USDA.
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