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Biofuel Research and Development

MCLI Recommendation: “Congress could provide tax credits or grant funding to stimulate investment in R&D focused on the costs and benefits of pre-transport processing of feedstocks.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could provide tax credits or grant funding to stimulate investment in R&D leading to improved equipment to harvest, store, and deliver feedstock for biofuels.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should maintain and, better still, increase financial assistance, in the form of grants, guaranteed loans, or tax credits, to support continued development of CCS technology, including CCS that is deployed at biorefineries.”

LPDD Recommendation: “DOE and USDA should redeploy funding for biofuels research to development of fuels that have high-value uses, such as biomass-based diesel.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State legislatures could provide tax credits or grant funding to stimulate investment in R&D focused on the costs and benefits of pre-transport processing of feedstocks, as well as improved equipment to harvest, store, and deliver feedstock for biofuels.”

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Example Congress

Biomass Research and Development Act

The Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 created funding streams for biomass R&D through the Depts. of Energy and Agriculture. It was amended in 2008 through the Food Conservation and Energy A...

Example States and State Governments

Oregon’s Woody Biomass Conversion Program

Passed in August 2023, Oregon’s HB 3409 Section 30 directs the College of Forestry at Oregon State University to develop methods and data to establish clean fuels pathways for low carbon fuels derived...

Example Private Entities

Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation

AzCATI offers innovative research, education and collaboration opportunities that collectively help to advance algae technology platforms, including biofuel research. Since its inception in 2010, AzCA...

Example Private Entities

Exxon Mobil Advanced Biofuels Research Program

Exxon Mobil declares that it is investing “hundreds of millions” of dollars into algal biofuel research, noting that algal biofuels may have about 50 percent lower life cycle greenhouse gas emissions ...

Example Executive Branch

DOE Bioenergy Research and Development Portfolio

The DOE has funded several bioenergy R&D projects, including a 2018 announcement of 36 projects totaling $80 million of support to develop drop-in renewable hydrocarbon fuels, bio-based products, and ...

Example Congress

Biomass Research and Development Initiative

The BR&D Initiative receives funding through US DOE and the Dept. of Agriculture. The BR&D Initiative is legislatively directed to address technical areas including feedstock development; biofuels and...