NC Biofuels Center Board approves nearly $3 million in biofuels grants

The Biofuels Center of North Carolina is giving the emerging biofuels sector in the state a $2.77 million boost. The Center received 49 grant applications totaling almost $7.2 million in requests for funding on 15 January 2008 in response to the Center's request for proposals (RFP). The Center, which is tasked by the General Assembly with developing a biofuels sector in North Carolina, sets aside more than half its annual budget for grants to accelerate the technologies and feedstocks needed for a statewide biofuels industry to be successful. This grant cycle was narrowly focused on connecting feedstocks with conversion technologies. Read the full press release here.