DOE issues Funding Opportunity Announcement for Targeted Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts
The U.S Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to issue a funding opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Targeted Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts“, on behalf of Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO).
A multidisciplinary consortium is being employed, in order to improve the value of proposition for algal biofuels. Several strategies focusing crop protection and CO2 utilization are developed, which are expected to reduce the cost of algal biofuels upto 50%.