U-Wis, MSU get $125M for biofuels research
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $125 million to Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin to continue their work on advanced biofuels, according to officials at MSU.
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center will use the five-year grant to "continue its work providing the basic scientific foundation for the sustainable, large-scale production of advanced cellulosic biofuels technologies to help meet the nation's growing energy needs," they said.
The center is based at the University of Wisconsin's campus in Madison.
The research center opened in 2007 and is responsible for dozens of inventions and patent applications and is working with outside companies on 17 possible licensing agreements.
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