Berkeley’s new BioFuel Research Center
June 27th, 2007 Alex
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be building a $125 million biofuels research center. It will be one of three centers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The other two are based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Five months ago, BP awarded U.C.Berkeley with a $500 million grant for a separate research on biofuels. The center will be called the Joint BioEnergy Institute and will be staffed by 130 scientists, researchers and support personnel. The new center will have four divisions, one is for researching new plants to create a source for renewable carbon, second is to research enzymes for transforming plant cellulose into sugars, the third will be for developing biofuels such as ethanol made from cellulose, and the fourth will be supporting the three research lines and the general biofuel industry. This new center will keep the bay area ahead in the forefront of biofuel research and will surely spawn new labs and companies in the area.
via SFGate
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1. Eric Makau | October 30th, 2010 at 1:40 am
Dear sir /madam,
I am Eric Makau writing from Kenya. I am working on a renewable energy research project under the Biofuel category. I am looking for a better and efficient way of producing ethanol from non-food plants. I have identified a plant which has the potential to be a cheap and reliable fuel feedstock for ethanol production for the future as opposed to relying on food crops for the same purpose. The most useful part of the plant is the leaf. Leaves of this plant contain a chemical that can be broken down by fermentation to produce alcohol. The plant is an annual. It grows in diverse climates and does not necessarily need very fertile soil.
In regard to the above project, I request if your organization can offer me financial assistance to continue with my research.
Hoping to hear from you. Thanks in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Eric Makau Wamache.
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