[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58721-58723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29245]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Availability of 
a Financial Assistance Solicitation

AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of a financial assistance solicitation.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Financial 
Assistance Solicitation No. DE-PS26-02NT41423 entitled ``Black Liquor/
Biomass Gasification Technology Support Research and Development.'' It 
is the intent of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on 
behalf of the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) in the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy, to solicit the submission of applications for black liquor/
biomass gasification technology support research and development. The 
areas of interest are: TA-1 Fuels Chemistry; TA-1a Fuels Chemistry--
Immediate Needs for Demonstration; TA-1b Fuels Chemistry--Optimization 
Needs for Sustainable Performance; TA-2 Containment, TA-3 Mill 
Integration--Steam, Power, Pulping, Causticizing; TA-3a Mill 
Integration--Steam, Power, Pulping Causticizing--Immediate Needs for 
Demonstration; TA-3b Mill Integration--Steam, Power, Pulping, 
Causticizing,--Optimization Needs for Sustainable Performance; TA--4 
Process Control and Optimization; TA4a--Process Control and 
Optimization--Immediate Needs for Demonstration; TA-4b--Process Control 
and Optimization--Optimization Needs for Sustainable Performance; TA-
5--Assurance and Education; TA-5a Assurance and Education--Immediate 
Needs for Demonstration; TA-5b Assurance and Education--Optimization 
Needs for Sustainable Performance; TA-6 Project Specific Field Support.

DATES: The solicitation will be available through the DOE/NETL's 
Internet address at 
http://www.netl.doe.gov/business and can be accessed on the ``Industry 
Interactive Procurement System'' (IIPS) webpage located at http://e-
center.doe.gov on or around November 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: NA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah J. Boggs, MS IO7, U.S. 
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 
Collins Ferry Road, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880, E-mail 
Address: [email protected], Telephone Number: 304-285-4473.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Applied and/or bench-scale research and 
development support efforts are to be undertaken. These efforts are 
expected to be promising new concepts and optimization efforts in 
support of black liquor recovery and biomass gasification technologies 
to the point that they can be demonstrated in industrial applications, 
with primary interest in the demonstration projects that are underway. 
The scope of funded activities is to cover, applied research and 
development, applications engineering, and proof of concept at the 
laboratory-scale. Technical areas needed to be addressed include those 
that are of immediate needs for the demonstration projects and those 
that optimize existing systems/concepts to improve/sustain gasification 
performance. The Government anticipates 5-10 awards. Individual awards 
may range from $500,000-$1.5 million in Government cost-share. The DOE 
intends to award cooperative agreements, but reserves the right to 
award whatever instrument is considered to be in the Government's best 
interest. In accordance with EPAct, applicants are advised that this 
solicitation contains a recipient 20% cost share requirement for 
research and development projects and 50% cost share for demonstration 
or commercial application projects. This is a percent of the total 
award value, not as a percent of the Government's share. The duration 
of these projects is expected to range between 3-5 years.
    Once released, the solicitation will be available for downloading 
from the IIPS Internet page. At this Internet site you will also be 
able to register with IIPS, enabling you to submit an application. If 
you need technical assistance in registering or for any other IIPS 
function, call the IIPS Help Desk at (800) 683-0751 or E-mail the Help 
Desk personnel at 
IIPS--HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov. The solicitation will only be made 
available in IIPS, hard (paper) copies of the solicitation and related 
documents will not be made available.
    Prospective applicants who would like to be notified as soon as the 
solicitation is available should subscribe to the Business Alert 
Mailing List at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business. Once you subscribe, 
you will receive an announcement by E-mail that the solicitation has 
been posted on IIPS. Telephone requests, written requests, E-mail 
requests, or facsimile requests for a copy of the solicitation package 
will not be accepted and/or honored. Applications must be prepared and 
submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in 
the solicitation. The actual solicitation document will allow for 
requests for explanation and/or interpretation.

    Issued in Morgantown, WV on November 9, 2001.
Randolph L. Kesling,
Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 01-29245 Filed 11-21-01; 8:45 am]
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