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DoEs Funding so Far
Cellulosic ethanol plays a significant role inUSA’s plan to reduce its dependence on imported oil. EISA, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the energy policy law that consists mainly of provisions designed to increase energy efficiency and the availability of renewable energy, calls for the production of 100 million gallons per year of cellulosic biofuels by 2010, with a longer term goal of 16 billion gallons by 2022. EPAct authorized DOE to solicit and fund proposals for the commercial demonstration of advanced biorefineries that use cellulosic feedstocks to produce ethanol and co-produce bioproducts and electricity.
The first round of investment was announced in 2007. Investment up to $385 million for six biorefinery projects for the next four years was granted for the companies namely, Abengoa Bioenergy, ALICO, BlueFire Ethanol, Poet, Iogen Biorefinery and Range Fuels. On April 2008, DOE announced that it will invest $86 million over the next four years in three new cellulosic ethanol biorefineries, to be built by Ecofin, LLC; Mascoma; and RSE Pulp & Chemical, LLC.
In January 2008, DOE announced an investment up to $114 million, over four years, (Fiscal Years 2007-2010) for four small-scale biorefinery projects to be located in Commerce City, Colorado; St. Joseph,Missouri;Boardman,Oregon; andWisconsin Rapids,Wisconsin. In July 2008, investment up to $40 million was announced as part of its small-scale biorefinery project that is expected to help make cellulosic ethanol cost-competitive by 2012. Verenium Corp.’s demonstration-scale cellulosic facility inJennings,La., and Park Falls, Wis.-based Flambeau River Biofuels LLC were selected as recipients of the 5-year project.
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- Ethanol as Biofuels
- What are feedstocks?
- Properties of Feedstocks for ethanol production
- Yield of Biomass for Various Feedstocks
- Feedstocks used by Various Companies
- Why Cellulosic Ethanol?
- Cellulosic Ethanol Production
- Cellulosic Ethanol Production Value Chain
- Ethanol production methods
- Latest Discoveries and Breakthroughs
- R & D Roadmap in Cellulosic Ethanol
- Future projections
- Companies Involved in Producing Cellulosic Ethanol
- Investments & Funding
- Challenges & Barriers in the commercialization process
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