[Federal Register: January 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 5)]
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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: Supplemental Announcement (02)

AGENCY: Golden Field Office, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of 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

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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 john__motz@nrel.gov, or Doug Hooker, Project 
Officer, at 303-275-4780, e-mail doug__hooker@nrel.gov.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on December 21, 1998.

    Dated: December 21, 1998.
Ruth E. Adams,
Contracting Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-394 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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