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Anticipated bioenergy center expected to turn plants to fuel
BRIAN MINK
Issue date: 10/4/07 Section: News
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"This is a competitive grant," Bennetzen said. "A very large number applied to have the funding to do this research."
The University's existing bioenergy research in several departments and the quality partners it found were key in receiving funding for the center, he said.
The center will facilitate cooperation among departments within the University that had previously worked independently of each other.
"In the absence of (the bioenergy center) there was really no way to get this organized into a project like this," he said.
The University's partners include Georgia Tech, the University of Tennessee, Dartmouth College, the University of California at Riverside and representatives from Cornell and Washington State universities. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, as well as private partners ArborGen and Mascoma Corporation, are involved in the research efforts.
Bennetzen said the area of bioenergy is just beginning to receive attention from those with the power of the purse.
"Whether there will be (other bioenergy centers) in the future is dependent on how successful we are," Darvill said.
Bennetzen said rapid progress can be expected from the forthcoming research because the field is developing so quickly.
"We have to make progress in these areas," Darvill said. "We can't wait."
The University's existing bioenergy research in several departments and the quality partners it found were key in receiving funding for the center, he said.
The center will facilitate cooperation among departments within the University that had previously worked independently of each other.
"In the absence of (the bioenergy center) there was really no way to get this organized into a project like this," he said.
The University's partners include Georgia Tech, the University of Tennessee, Dartmouth College, the University of California at Riverside and representatives from Cornell and Washington State universities. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, as well as private partners ArborGen and Mascoma Corporation, are involved in the research efforts.
Bennetzen said the area of bioenergy is just beginning to receive attention from those with the power of the purse.
"Whether there will be (other bioenergy centers) in the future is dependent on how successful we are," Darvill said.
Bennetzen said rapid progress can be expected from the forthcoming research because the field is developing so quickly.
"We have to make progress in these areas," Darvill said. "We can't wait."
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