2009 Statewide Biofuels Development Grants Focus on Feedstocks and Production

In fiscal year 2008-2009, the Biofuels Center of North Carolina awarded $2,747,927 through its Statewide Biofuels Development Grants program.  The program awards grants to nonprofit organizations and academic institutions across the state to help develop the biofuels sector.  For its 2009 funding cycle, the Center identified specific priorities in the broad areas of Growing/Feedstocks and Production through a Request for Proposals process.  Although the full impact of these investments in North Carolina’s biofuels future will grow as projects progress, the map below shows counties where 2009 funding recipients are based.
 

Map numbers are listed below

2009 Awards

1. $108,800  ~  Algae Downstream Processes Automated for Commercialization  ~  Cape Fear Resource Conservation & Development, Inc.  ~  Wilmington
   
2. $194,375  ~  Canola Production, Processing, and Market Development for Biodiesel  ~  North Carolina Solar Center  ~  Raleigh
   
3. $171,293  ~  Energy Canes: Ideal Fuelstocks for NC’s Diverse Energy Needs  ~  North Carolina State University Mountain Horticulture Crops  ~  Mills River
   
4. $129,133 ~  Extraction and Refinement of Oils from Biodiesel Feedstocks  ~  Appalachian State University  ~  Boone
   
5. $198,385  ~  Biodiesel Pilot Plant Demonstration & Outreach Program  ~  North Carolina Solar Center  ~  Raleigh
6. $184,891  ~  Biomass Gasification Tar Cracking Catalyst Development for Biofuels Synthesis  ~  RTI International  ~  Research Triangle Park
   
7. $167,061  ~  Enzymatic Processing of Biodiesel  ~  Chatham County Economic Development Corporation  ~  Pittsboro
   
8. $150,295  ~  Fungal Biopulping for Improved Ethanol Production from Low-cost Woody Feedstocks  ~  University of North Carolina – Charlotte  ~  Charlotte
   
9. $  99,850  ~  Greater Charlotte Region Biofuel Facility  ~  Centralina Council of Governments  ~  Charlotte
   
10. $183,802  ~  Low Cost Conversion of Industrial Sludges to Ethanol  ~  North Carolina State University  ~  Raleigh
    
11. $200,000  ~  Optimal NC Energy Crop Gasification Project  ~  The Abell Foundation, Inc.  ~  Durham
    
12. $180,496  ~  Reducing Natural Resource Impacts Related to Biodiesel Production  ~  Carolina Land & Lakes RC&D, Inc.  ~  Newton
    
13. $  35,415  ~  Biodiesel Feedstock Research  ~  North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services: Division of Research Stations  ~  Oxford
    
14. $162,438  ~  Economic Analysis of Pine Biomass Feedstocks for Ethanol Production  ~  North Carolina State University  ~  Raleigh
    
15. $150,000  ~  Feedstock Processing Station  ~  Catawba County  ~  Newton
    
16. $199,128  ~  Integrated Low-Cost Torrefaction-Gasification for Production of Biofuels from Forest Resources  ~  North Carolina State University  ~  Raleigh
    
17. $183,468  ~  Optimizing Cultivation and Conversion Parameters for Efficient Sweet Sorghum Bioethanol  ~  North Carolina State University  ~  Raleigh
    
18. $  49,097  ~  From Farms to Fuels: Renewable Energy Production  ~  Craven County Schools  ~  New Bern