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Follow on Google News | FuelCellsEtc Partners with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in US Energy Department ProjectIn an effort to accelerate next generation biofuels and drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuels from biomass, the US Energy Department has announced four new research and development projects.
By: FuelCellsEtc These research projects build on a broader plan by the Obama Administration to advance the next generation of biofuels improving performance and identifying effective, non-food feedstocks and conversion technologies. The projects will further lower the production costs of fuel by maximizing the amount of renewable carbon and hydrogen that can be converted to fuels from biomass and improve the separation processes in bio-oil production to remove non-fuel components. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory headed project will receive up to $2.1 million in funding from the Energy Department to use a microbial electrolysis process to efficiently remove the hydrogen from the water found in bio-oil. This technology will help reduce the corrosivity of bio-oil and improve the efficiency of converting hydrogen and biomass to biofuels. FuelCellsEtc will be working closely with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to design and manufacture custom Gas Diffusion Electrodes (http://www.fuelcellsetc.com/ As part of a plan to produce cost-competitive drop-in biofuels at $3 per gallon by 2017, the Energy Department continues to take steps to speed the development of clean, renewable biofuels. To schedule an interview with a FuelCellsEtc spokesperson or to learn more, please contact Tasha Mayberry, Director Public Relations, at pr@fuelcellsetc.com or contact FuelCellsEtc at 979.635.4706. About FuelCellsEtc FuelCellsEtc specializes in manufacturing high performance End
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