Government Supports Saving Money on Biomass

clipped from www.energycurrent.com U.S. DOE invites applications for biomass research fund USA: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently unveiled more than US$4 million of research funding to projects focusing on develping cost effective and environmentally friendly biomass conversion technologies. Combined with a university cost share of 20 percent, up to US$4.8 million will be made available to new projects aimed at developing biochemical, thermochemical, and chemical processes to reduce costs and improve the energy yields from biomass conversion. The U.S. DOE expects to select 12 projects under this new round of funding. Applications for the new research fund will close on June 2, 2008.