Request for Information (RFI): Understanding Scale-up and Operational Challenges for Integrated Biorefinery Optimization

Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0001481 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: OtherCategory of Funding Activity: EnergyCFDA Number: 81.087Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOE-GFOClosing Date: Apr 06, 2016Award Ceiling: $2Expected Number of Awards: 0Creation Date: Mar 11, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) seeks feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to “challenges encountered with the successful scale-up and reliable operation of integrated biorefinery plants (IBRs).” Specifically, BETO seeks information that will help it understand additional areas of research, capabilities, and yet to be addressed barriers and opportunities for stakeholder engagement pertaining to technology development and engineering solutions for the reliable operation of IBRs to produce biofuels, biochemicals and bioproducts. BETO seeks information on all IBR processes and technologies, including any and all systems processes, technologies, methods and equipment employed to convert woody biomass, agricultural residues, dedicated energy crops, algae, municipal solid waste (MSW), slu...
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