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Integrated Lipid Biofuels LLC was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The two-year award will support the company's efforts to develop a process for converting organic waste into biopolymers by synergizing anaerobic digestion and synthetic biology techniques. The SBIR Program aims to stimulate technological innovation through the investment of federal...

The Arcadia Efuels project was awarded a $19,502,000 Project Grant by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Eastern Region under the Fueling Aviation's Sustainable Transition (FAST) Grant Program (CFDA 20.115). The grant aims to support the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and low-emission aviation technologies to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector, in alignment with the United States Aviation Climate Action Plan. The project by...

The University of Maine System (UMS) received a $10,000,000 five-year federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program to advance technologies that co-produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and fish feed ingredients from low-grade woody biomass. Key objectives of the project include: 1) developing AI-based models to optimize hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) processes for converting woody biomass into SAF, 2)...

This $256,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award to Terragia Biofuel Inc., a for-profit organization, aims to develop innovative bioprocessing technologies for converting lignocellulosic biomass into hydrocarbon fuels and products. Specifically, the project is focused on demonstrating the feasibility of a technique called Continuous Evolution with Multiplex Natural Transformation...

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) is funding Global Algae Innovations, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives include: 1) scaling up algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation, 2) optimizing the...

This $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) aims to deploy three community-scale bioenergy systems in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The project, led by West Biofuels LLC, a for-profit veteran-owned business, will transform forest biomass residuals from sustainable forestry management into 3 MW of renewable electricity and biochar soil amendments in the communities of Burney,...

This $800,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA #10.310) will fund research at Georgia Tech Research Corporation and the University of New Haven to develop new catalytic processes for converting lignin byproducts from biorefineries into high-value chemicals and sustainable aviation fuel. Specifically, the awardee and sub-awardee will work to...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded Nesika Energy, LLC a $2.6 million Project Grant under the Biofuel Producer Program (CFDA 10.378) on May 5, 2022. The grant will fund Nesika Energy's production of biofuels through May 5, 2024 in response to market losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as intended by the Biofuel Producer Program. Nesika Energy is a subsidiary of Butamax Advanced Biofuels, LLC and will use the grant funding to support its biofuel production operations...

Auburn University was awarded a three-year, $648,378 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund research to develop a novel approach for producing value-added bio-lubricants from waste cooking oil, plant-based oils, and animal fats. The proposed pathways aim to synthesize bio-based lubricant blend stocks with properties optimized for...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,150,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) to Washington State University to research and develop a pilot-scale upcycling protocol for recycling carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) waste. The project aims to create an eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and cost-effective process to convert CFRP waste into recyclable structural automotive components. As part of the...