[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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