The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) today announced their intent to issue an Industrial Partnership Call (IPC) to allow collaboration between industry stakeholders and FCIC researchers. These partnerships will address the cost and risk impacts of feedstock and process variability across the bioenergy and bioproducts value chain.
July 17, 2024
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A researcher loads feedstock into reactors at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility. Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office's (BETO’s) Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) today announced their intent to issue an Industrial Partnership Call (IPC) to allow collaboration between industry stakeholders and FCIC researchers. These partnerships will address the cost and risk impacts of feedstock and process variability across the bioenergy and bioproducts value chain.
Research areas may include biomass supply, handling, transport, storage, preprocessing, and initial chemical conversion. To maximize the likelihood of near-term impact for industrial partners, the FCIC seeks to fund projects that leverage existing capabilities and facilities and do not require novel model or tool development.
The intended IPC will include three topic areas to allow for a range of FCIC partnership potential:
- Topic Area 1: Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Partnerships
- Topic Area 2: Technical Assistance Projects
- Topic Area 3: Biorefinery Technical Assistance Projects
The potential partnerships will meet BETO’s goals to 1) decarbonize the transportation sector by producing cost-effective sustainable aviation fuel and other strategic fuels, 2) produce cost-effective sustainable bioproducts to decarbonize the industrial sector, and 3) decarbonize the agricultural sector and other carbon drawdown technologies.
The intended IPC is expected to be released in September 2024. Learn more about this FCIC Notice of Intent, and visit Bioenergy Technologies Office Funding Opportunities for other upcoming funding opportunities.
This is a Notice of Intent only. The FCIC may issue an IPC as described herein, may issue an IPC that is significantly different than the IPC described herein, or may not issue an IPC at all.
The FCIC is funded by BETO and is a collaboration of industry advisors and researchers at nine DOE national laboratories. FCIC national laboratory partners include Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories.