The U.S. Energy Department recently announced up to $11.3 million in funding to develop flexible biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that can be modified to produce advanced fuels and/or products based on external factors, such as market demand. These pathways could consist of a route to a platform chemical that could be converted to products or renewable hydrocarbon fuels or a route that coproduces chemicals and renewable hydrocarbon fuels.
If you have a new idea about how to process cost competitive fuels from paper industry biomaterials and biomass, you may be interested in this project. More information is available online
TAPPI
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