“The
Department
is
committed
to
developing
cost-effective
and
sustainable
advanced
biofuels,”
says
Cathy
Zoi,
assistant
secretary
for
energy
efficiency
and
renewable
energy.
“With
this
investment,
we
will
vastly
increase
the
capacity
to
test
new
innovative
approaches
on
a
larger,
integrated
scale.”
The
Advanced
Biofuels
Process
Development
Unit
(PDU)
facility
will
be
funded
with
nearly
$18m
from
the
2009
American
Recovery
and
Reinvestment
Act.
It
is
scheduled
to
become
fully
operational
by
early
2011.
Various
sites
are
under
consideration
in
the
San
Francisco
East
Bay
region.
"Scaling
up
these
clean
energy
technologies
is
crucial…
