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Biodiesel Partnership with California ILLINOIS AT FOREFRONT OF FARM BIOENERGY The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has joined with the University of California at Berkeley and the Berkeley National Laboratory to form a new partnership, the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), with UC Berkeley taking the lead role. Funding for the EBI is part of a $500 million research program announced by the energy company, BP. As part of the EBI, 340 acres of farmland at the Urbana campus will be devoted to the study and production of feedstock for biofuel production. Researchers will explore the potential benefits of using corn crop residues, switchgrass, Miscanthus, and other herbaceous perennials as fuel sources. For more complete information on this exciting research initiative, click on this link: http://www.news.uiuc.edu/NEWS/07/0201bp.html |
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