[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36674-36675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17198]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Golden Field Office; Supplemental Announcement to the Broad Based 
Solicitation for Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research, 
Development and Demonstration for the Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy; Closed-Loop Biomass Co-Firing

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Supplemental Announcement 13 to the Broad Based Solicitation 
for Financial Assistance Applications DE-PS36-99GO10383.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE 
Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.8, is announcing its intention 
to solicit applications for Closed-Loop Biomass Co-firing. Financial 
assistance award(s) issued under this

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Supplemental Announcement will be cooperative agreements.

DATES: The solicitation will be issued on or about July 6, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Solicitation once issued, can be obtained from 
the Golden Field Office Home page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/
solicitations.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE is soliciting Applications to develop 
and validate co-firing technology using a ``closed-loop'' feedstock 
supply. Respondents are encouraged to form appropriate consortia or 
other business arrangements with the agricultural community, industry, 
power producers, or other applicable organizations for the conduct of 
this venture. These arrangements are intended to demonstrate how 
cooperative efforts can lead to sustaining, economically beneficial, 
biomass power generation. ``Closed-loop'' refers to operations that 
specifically plant, grow, harvest, use, and regrow, at the same 
production site, any biomass fuel or feedstock in a sustainable, 
permanent manner that is in whole or in part used for an energy 
application. ``Biomass'', for the purpose of this Supplemental 
Announcement, means organic matter derived through the process of 
photosynthesis. ``Co-firing'', for the purpose of this Supplemental 
Announcement, refers to the combustion of biomass and coal, excluding 
lignite, for power production. Successful Applicants should demonstrate 
an approach to the integration and successful application of a 
``closed-loop'' feedstock supply system and a technically viable co-
firing boiler system for power production. The overall objective of 
selected projects is to successfully demonstrate the viability of co-
firing ``closed-loop'' agricultural biomass as a supplemental fuel for 
power production. To meet this objective, successful applicants will: 
(1) determine the optimum parameters for low-cost, high-performance co-
firing of ``closed-loop'' biomass fuels with coal of natural gas for 
power production through pilot-scale biomass co-firing tests; and (2) 
validate the operational viability of co-firing biomass with coal 
through a full-scale demonstration. Awards under this Supplemental 
Announcement will be Cooperative Agreements with a term of up to two 
years. Subject to funding availability, the total DOE funding available 
under this Supplemental Announcement will be approximately $1,500,000. 
DOE anticipates selecting one application for award under this 
Supplemental Announcement. A minimum cost share of 50% of total project 
costs is required in order to be considered for award under this 
Supplemental Announcement. Solicitation Number DE-PS36-99GO10383, in 
conjunction with this Supplemental Announcement 13, will include 
complete information on the program including technical aspects, 
funding, application preparation instructions, application evaluation 
criteria, and other factors that will be considered when selecting 
projects for funding. Issuance of the solicitation is planned for July 
6, 1999, with responses due on August 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth E. Adams, Contracting Officer, at 
303-275-4722, e-mail [email protected], or Robert Martin, Project 
Officer, at 303-275-4763, e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on June 29, 1999.
Matthew A. Barron,
Acting, Procurement Director, GO.
[FR Doc. 99-17198 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am]
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