US funds $41 million in biofuels research and deployment

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Washington (Platts)--25Jul2012/406 pm EDT/2006 GMT
The US government will pump another $41 million into 13 biofuel research and deployment projects under several programs aimed at boosting supplies of biomass feedstock and more efficiently processing that into usable fuels, the Obama administration announced Wednesday.
The departments of Agriculture and Energy will together provide $31 million under the joint Biomass Research and Development Initiative to five projects to improve processing of biofeedstocks, such as camelina seeds, the secretions of a hardwood shrub and dairy cow manure.

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