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A -- SUPPLEMENTAL ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 04, PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM BIOMASS, TO THE BROAD BASED SOLICITATION (DE-PS36-00GO10482) FOR SUBMISSION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS INVOLVING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION SOL NA DUE 013100 POC Contact Andrew Trenka, Project Engineer, at (303) 275-4745 or e-mail andy_trenka@nrel.gov. The Contract Specialist is James McDermott, at FAX (303) 275-4788 or e-mail jim_mcdermott@nrel.gov WEB: Click here to download copy of Supplemental Announcement, http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/solicitations.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Project Engineer, andy_trenka@nrel.gov. . The Office of Fuels Development of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is supporting the issuance of this Supplemental Announcement to the EERE Broad Based Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research, Development and Demonstration, DE-PS36-00GO10482. The Broad Based Solicitation contains information that must be used in conjunction with this Supplemental Announcement when applying for an award. Thus, in order to prepare a complete application, it is mandatory to comply with the requirements of the overall Broad Based Solicitation document, DE-PS36-00GO10482 (found on the Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/solicitations.html) as well as the requirements of this Supplemental Announcement 04 document. Under this Supplemental Announcement, DOE is seeking research and development (R&D) proposals that will increase the efficiency or lower the cost of producing and converting biomass to transportation fuels. The objective of this solicitation is to support new approaches to improve technology for the efficient, cost effective production of ethanol. There are three specific areas of interest for this solicitation. Biomass feedstock collection and storage, which includes research and development related to improving the harvest, harvest equipment, handling, transportation and storage of biomass for conversion to fuels and chemicals. Conversation technologies, which includes biological processing of biomass to ethanol. Pretreatment fundamentals, which includes research techniques and analytical tools that could lead to a better understanding of fundamental processes of pretreatment. Award under this Supplemental Announcement will be Cooperative Agreements with a term of up to 12 months. Subject to funding availability, it is anticipated the total DOE funding under this Supplemental Announcement will be $1,000,000 with individual awards not to exceed $150,000 of DOE funding. A minimum Cost Share of 20% of the total project cost is required under this Supplemental Announcement. It is DOE's intention not to issue hard copies of the Supplemental Announcement. If unable to access the internet, you may obtain a copy of the Solicitation by calling Amy Castelli at (303) 275-4716, FAX (303) 275-4788.!! Posted 11/30/99 (W-SN404594). (0334)

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