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DOE funds Center for Bioenergy Innovation at ORNL to accelerate biofuels, bioproducts research

Posted at 5:17 pm July 17, 2017
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Gerald Tuskan will serve as chief executive officer of the new ORNL-led Center for Bioenergy Innovation, one of four DOE bioenergy research centers. (Photo by ORNL)

Gerald Tuskan will serve as chief executive officer of the new ORNL-led Center for Bioenergy Innovation, one of four DOE bioenergy research centers. (Photo by ORNL)

 

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced funding for new research centers to accelerate the development of specialty plants and processes for a new generation of biofuels and bioproducts.

The Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is one of four bioenergy centers chosen by DOE to advance a new biobased economy with the production of fuels and other products directly from nonfood biomass. The DOE announcement provides a total of $40 million in initial funding for the four centers in fiscal year 2018, with plans for a total five years of funding, a press release said.

The new centers follow the success of predecessor Bioenergy Research Centers established by DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research within DOE’s Office of Science in 2007. The ORNL-led BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), for instance, has demonstrated scientific breakthroughs in its mission to overcome the natural resistance of plants to being broken down and converted into useful bioproducts.

“Our team of leading researchers is excited to use new approaches in biology to address the basic research challenges in developing real-world applications in the future sustainable bioeconomy,” said CBI Chief Executive Officer Gerald Tuskan. Tuskan, an ORNL Corporate Fellow, led the sequencing of the genome of Populus—a fast-growing perennial tree recognized for its potential in biofuels production—as well as the largest study of natural diversity in poplar trees for BESC. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: BESC, bioenergy center, Bioenergy Research Center, Bioenergy Research Centers, BioEnergy Science Center, biofuels, bioproducts, bioproducts research, CBI, Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Colorado State University, Dartmouth College, DOE, Gerald Tuskan, GreenWood Resources, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Moe Khaleel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, ORNL, Pennsylvania State University, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Thomas Zacharia, U.S. Department of Energy, University of California–Riverside, University of Colorado–Boulder, University of Georgia, University of North Texas, University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin–Madison, West Virginia University

ORAU welcomes four new universities as sponsoring institutions

Posted at 10:33 am March 13, 2013
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Andy Page

Andy Page

Oak Ridge Associated Universities recently welcomed Colorado State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Utah, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Philadelphia University, and South Carolina State as its newest sponsoring institutions.

The new members were welcomed during the 68th annual meeting of the ORAU Council of Sponsoring Institutions in Oak Ridge, a press release said.

“We’re honored to have these six institutions join our growing university consortium,” said ORAU President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Page. “Membership in ORAU’s consortium broadens the already diverse opportunities these universities provide for students and faculty researchers in many critical areas of science and technology.”

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Filed Under: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Top Stories Tagged With: Andy Page, associate members, Colorado State University, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, ORAU, Philadelphia University, South Carolina State University, sponsoring institutions, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Utah, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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