DOE Awards $30 Million to Develop Technologies to Enable Industrial Use of Alternative Fuels

U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Industrial Technologies Program
January 23, 2009

The U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) recently awarded a total of $30 million over 4 years for cost-shared research and development of industrial systems capable of using alternative fuels. The goal of this solicitation is to support innovative technologies that provide fuel flexibility options for manufacturers, thereby reducing natural gas requirements and emissions.

The U.S. industrial sector is the largest user of energy domestically, and is chiefly dependent on natural gas as a single major source of fuel. Volatile natural gas prices and environmental concerns are motivating end-users to explore the feasibility of using alternative fuels for industrial processes. Through this solicitation, ITP is promoting technologies based on alternatives to natural gas, such as gasified fuels, landfill and digester gas, and other opportunity fuels.

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