The US-DOE has announced that, for\u00a0an initiative entitled Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC), which aims at the development of alternative energy throughout \u00a0South Asia,\u00a0the University of Florida and the Indian government will enter into a research collaboration to work on a biofuel project. The project will focus on the benefits of biofuels and the production of biofuels from non-food crops. DOE has awarded a $125 million for the five year project. The project will also look into the development of solar energy, apart from biofuels. \u00a0NREL and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will lead the biofuel part of the show.<\/p>\n
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology will join hands with the researchers from\u00a0UoF and other universities in the US to work on biofuels. This project will focus on the development of different types of fuels from algae and also on the dedicated energy crops plantation. Hope this collaboration will pave way for the\u00a0new understanding concerning biofuel and how it could play into both countries\u2019 plans for sustainability and alternative energy.<\/p>\n