Texas A&M Biofuels Research Initiative Receives $2.3 Million DOE Grant

Texas A&M
June 14, 2011 :

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 14, 2011 – A Texas A&M University research initiative that converts agricultural wastes into biofuels and high-quality animal feeds has received a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

The three-year grant will provide funding to the biomass research program run by Mark Holtzapple, professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M.

The grant, announced by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, is part of a larger federal effort to cut foreign oil imports. That effort is funding up to $36 million for six projects in California, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin – all directed at advancing the technology improvements and process integration needed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals.

Read more