US Department of Energy (DOE) tau tshaj tawm txog $ 20.2 lab nyiaj pab rau 10 lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab thiab kev lag luam kev lag luam txhawm rau txhim kho kev sib xyaw ntawm cov algae rau cov pa roj carbon tsawg aviation fuels thiab biodevelopment. Qhov kev zov me nyuam tsom rau kev hloov cov algae, suav nrog seaweed thiab lwm cov khoom siv khib nyiab ntub dej, rau hauv cov roj uas muaj roj, tshuaj, thiab cov khoom ua liaj ua teb.
Cov haujlwm xaiv tau nyob hauv xya lub xeev. Lawv yuav daws cov teeb meem R & D tseem ceeb uas cuam tshuam nrog kev hloov cov khoom noj tsis zoo rau hauv cov khoom muaj txiaj ntsig. Thaum muaj ntau, cov khoom noj khoom haus no nthuav tawm cov kev sib tw tshwj xeeb vim lawv qhov sib txawv, cov tshuaj lom neeg muaj pes tsawg leeg, thiab kev cia tsis ruaj khov.
Cov nyiaj no ua raws li ntau lub tebchaws tseem ceeb, suav nrog Sustainable Aviation Fuels Grand Challenge, Kev Txiav Txim Siab Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Tawm hauv Biotechnology thiab Biomanufacturing, thiab Kev Siv Hluav Taws Xob thiab Khoom Siv. DOE txoj kev nqis peev tsom rau ob qhov tseem ceeb:
Algae rau Low-Carbon Fuels thiab Bioproducts: Qhov kev tshawb fawb no yuav koom nrog kev sim ntsuas R & D los hloov algae thiab sib xyaw ntawm algae nrog lwm cov khib nyiab ntub rau hauv cov roj txuas ntxiv thiab cov khoom siv bioproducts. Lub hom phiaj yog txhawm rau siv cov peev txheej ntawm cov khoom lag luam uas muaj ntau thiab npaj tau yooj yim thiab tsim cov hauv kev lag luam tshiab.
Algae Biomass Hloov mus rau Low-Carbon Agricultural Bioproducts: Qhov kev tshawb fawb no yuav tsom mus rau ze li lossis tag nrho cov thev naus laus zis uas siv CO2 emissions los ntawm cov chaw lag luam lossis cov chaw tsim hluav taws xob los cog algae. Tom qab ntawd cov algae uas tsim tawm yuav raug hloov mus rau hauv cov khoom muaj nqis ntxiv rau kev ua liaj ua teb thiab tsiaj pub.
Qhov kev pab cuam no yog ua los ntawm Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) thiab Office of Fossil Energy thiab Carbon Management (FECM).
Jeff Marootian, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Tus Tuav Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Siv Hluav Taws Xob thiab Hluav Taws Xob Hluav Taws Xob, tau hais txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov kev nqis peev no hauv kev tsim kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg biomass muab cov saw hlau. Nws tau hais tias "Cov haujlwm tshiab no yog qhov tseem ceeb los tsim kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg biomass cov chaw muab kev pabcuam thiab tuaj yeem hloov txoj hauv kev uas peb xa cov khoom huv huv, net-zero emissions rau kev lag luam," nws hais. "Peb txaus siab pom peb cov chaw ua haujlwm hauv tsoomfwv lub zog tuaj koom ua ke los nqis peev hauv cov haujlwm uas daws teebmeem kev nyab xeeb, tsim cov haujlwm tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo, thiab ua kom peb lub teb chaws huv huv bioeconomy."
Brad Crabtree, Tus Pabcuam Tus Tuav Haujlwm rau Lub Chaw Haujlwm Fossil Energy thiab Carbon Management, tau hais txog lub luag haujlwm ntawm kev hloov pauv carbon hauv kev hloov pauv mus rau kev lag luam net-zero.
"Kev hloov pauv carbon ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev hloov pauv mus rau kev lag luam net-zero los ntawm kev hloov cov pa roj carbon emissions ntes los ntawm kev lag luam thiab cov chaw tsim hluav taws xob rau hauv cov khoom ua liaj ua teb. Niaj hnub no kev nqis peev yuav pab ua kom pom cov pa roj carbon hloov dua siab tshiab thev naus laus zis uas tsim cov khoom lag luam uas lub hom phiaj nyuaj-rau-decarbonize sectors. ntawm peb txoj kev lag luam thaum muab cov pa ntshiab hauv tsev cog khoom thiab cov txiaj ntsig ib puag ncig ntawm cov khoom uas twb muaj lawm, "nws hais.
Los ntawm kev hais daws cov teeb meem loj no thiab ua raws li lub hauv paus tseem ceeb hauv lub tebchaws, DOE kev nqis peev hauv algae-based biofuels thiab bioproducts kev tshawb fawb muaj peev xwm ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub neej yav tom ntej thiab muaj zog dua qub.
