DOE Grant: Enhancing Biomass Feedstock Logistics Systems for Biofuels Production

The Department of Energy is offering grants for projects addressing the challenge of delivering high-quality biomass feedstocks to support the expansion of domestic biofuels production. The focus is on developing strategies and equipment to manage feedstock quality throughout the supply chain for commercial biorefineries. Proposals should demonstrate integrated systems capable of delivering industrial-scale volumes of cellulosic feedstocks. The goal is to increase the production of sustainable biofuels by designing or adapting logistics systems from harvest to biorefinery. Applicants must submit proposals through the EERE Exchange website by the closing date on Mar 22, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 217777

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	DE-FOA-0000836
Funding Opportunity Title::	FOA: Advanced Biomass Feedstock Logistics Systems II
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
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Category of Funding Activity::	Energy
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Assistance Listings Number(s)::	81.087 — Renewable Energy Research and Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	Yes
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Jan 25, 2013
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Original Closing Date for Applications::	Mar 22, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Mar 22, 2013
Archive Date::	Jan 25, 2014
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 0
Award Ceiling::	$0
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::	Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
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Additional Information

Agency Name::	Golden Field Office
Description::	The lack of logistics systems capable of handling and delivering sufficiently high tonnage year-round volumes of high quality feedstocks to support the rapid escalation of cellulosic biofuels production has been identified as a significant barrier to the expansion of a sustainable domestic biofuels industry. In particular, biomass physical and chemical quality parameters have repeatedly been identified as significant challenges to the smooth operation and economic viability of biorefineries. This FOA will focus on developing and demonstrating strategies, equipment, and rapid analytical methods to manage feedstock quality within economic constraints throughout the feedstock supply chain. The main effort in Proposals must be directed toward full-scale demonstration of integrated feedstock supply chain systems that can deliver the volume of high quality, affordable, high impact feedstocks required by commercial biorefineries over a significant geographic area in the United States. DOE plans to support the increased production of high volumes of sustainably produced domestic biofuels from cellulosic feedstocks by seeking Proposals to design new systems or adapt existing systems to handle industrial scale volumes of cellulosic feedstocks from the harvest point to the throat of the biorefinery reactor. The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE Exchange website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE Exchange website. A User Guide for EERE Exchange can be found at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx after logging into the system. Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE Exchange website.
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