[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33862]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Golden Field Office; Innovative Technologies for Conversion of 
Biomass to Transportation Fuels

AGENCY: Golden Field Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice. Innovative Technologies for Conversion of Biomass to 
Transportation Fuels: Supplemental Announcement (02) to the Broad Based 
Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications 
Involving Research, Development, and Demonstration for Renewable Energy 
and Energy Efficiency Technologies, DE-PS36-99GO10383.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fuels Development of the Department of Energy's 
(DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is 
supporting the issuance of this Supplemental Announcement to EERE's 
Broad Based Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance 
Applications Involving Research, Development and Demonstration, DE-
PS36-99GO10383, dated November 9, 1998. Under the Supplemental 
Announcement, DOE is soliciting applications to support innovative 
technologies that will increase the efficiency or lower the cost of 
producing and converting biomass to transportation fuels. The Office of 
Fuels Development formulates, executes, and coordinates a balanced and 
customer-focused national program of research, development, and 
demonstration of technologies for the production of transportation 
fuels from biomass. The biomass resources considered include 
agricultural residues, forestry wastes, and crops grown specifically 
for energy applications. Proposals are sought in areas of innovative 
research and development of the following: Plants capable of high 
biomass yields; systems for culture, harvests, and handling of these 
high yielding plants; enzymes and fermentation organisms for the 
production of ethanol from biomass; approaches for converting 
cellulosic biomass to ethanol. Awards under this Supplemental 
Announcement will be Cooperative Agreements with a term of up to 12 
months. Subject to funding availability, it is anticipated the total 
DOE funding available under this Supplemental Announcement will be 
$600,000, with individual awards not to exceed $150,000 of DOE funding. 
A minimum Cost Share of 20% of the total project cost is required under 
this Supplemental Announcement.
    All information regarding the Supplemental Announcement will be 
posted on the DOE Golden Field Office Home page at the address 
identified below.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the Supplemental Announcement the week of 
December 7, 1998. The closing date of the Supplemental Announcement is 
January 29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Supplemental Announcement will be posted on the DOE 
Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/
solicit.htm. It is DOE's intention not to issue hard copies of the 
Supplemental Announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Motz, Contract Specialist, at 
303-275-4737, e-mail [email protected], or Doug Hooker, Project 
Officer, at 303-275-4780, e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on December 9, 1998.
    Dated: December 14, 1998.
John W. Meeker,

    Dated: December 14, 1998.
John K. Lewis,
Procurement Analyst.
Chief, Procurement Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 98-33862 Filed 12-21-98; 8:45 am]
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