http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/07 ... 20726.htmlInte bara etanolrelaterat men några av projekten är:
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Quad County Corn Cooperative ($4.25 million). This project will retrofit an existing corn starch ethanol plant to add value to its byproducts, which will be marketed to the non-ruminant feed markets and to the biodiesel industry. This project enables creation of diverse product streams from this facility, opening new markets for the cooperative and contributing to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s goals for cellulosic ethanol production and use.
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University of Wisconsin ($7 million). This project will utilize dairy manure as a source of fiber and fertilizer. Fiber will be converted to ethanol, manure used for fertilizer, and oil from the crops will be converted to biodiesel used in farm equipment. The project goal is to develop closed-loop systems with new product streams that benefit the environment.
En del av pengarna kommer att gå till rena forskningsprojekt där man forskar kring effektivare sätt att få fram biomassa, billigare, mer biomassa/hektar helt enkelt:
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DOE and USDA also announced more than $10 million for eight research projects aimed at applying biomass genomics to improve promising biofuel feedstocks and drive more efficient, cost-effective energy production. These projects will use genetic mapping to advance sustainable biofuels production by analyzing and seeking to maximize genetic traits like feedstock durability, how tolerant feedstocks are to various environmental stresses, and the potential for feedstocks to be used in energy production.