Grantee DOE Grant

Amount

Non‐Fed

Amount

Project  

Location

(City)

Project  

Location

(State)

Description

1) Pilot and Demonstration Scale FOA – Pilot Scale

Algenol Biofuels

Inc. $25,000,000 $33,915,478 Freeport TX

This project will make ethanol

directly from carbon dioxide and

seawater using algae. The facility

will have the capacity to

produce 100,000 gallons of fuel‐

grade ethanol per year.

American Process

Inc. $17,944,902 $10,148,508 Alpena MI

This project will produce fuel

and potassium acetate, a

compound with many industrial

applications, using processed

wood generated by Decorative

Panels International, an existing

hardboard manufacturing facility

in Alpena. The pilot plant will

have the capacity to produce up

to 890,000 gallons of ethanol

and 690,000 gallons of

potassium acetate per year

starting in 2011.

Amyris

Biotechnologies,

Inc.

$25,000,000 $10,489,763 Emeryville CA

This project will produce a diesel

substitute through the

fermentation of sweet sorghum.

The pilot plant will also have the

capacity to co‐produce

lubricants, polymers, and other

petro‐chemical substitutes.

Archer Daniels

Midland $24,834,592 $10,946,609 Decatur IL

This project will use acid to

break down biomass which can

be converted to liquid fuels or

energy. The ADM facility will

produce ethanol and ethyl

acrylate, a compound used to

make a variety of materials, and

will also recover minerals and

salts from the biomass that can

then be returned to the soil.
Grantee DOE Grant

Amount

Non‐Fed

Amount

Project  

Location

(City)

Project  

Location

(State)

Description

Clearfuels

Technology Inc $23,000,000 $13,433,926 CommerceCity

CO

This project will produce

renewable diesel and jet fuel

from woody biomass by

integrating ClearFuels’ and

Rentech’s conversion

technologies. The facility will

also evaluate the conversion of

bagasse and biomass mixtures

to fuels.

Elevance

Renewable

Sciences

$2,500,000 $625,000 Newton IA

This project was selected to

complete preliminary

engineering design for a future

facility producing jet fuel,

renewable diesel substitutes,

and high‐value chemicals from

plant oils and poultry fat.  

Gas Technology

Institute $2,500,000 $625,000 DesPlaines

IL

This project was selected to

complete preliminary

engineering design for a novel

process to produce green

gasoline and diesel from woody

biomass, agricultural residues,

and algae.

HALDOR TOPSOE,

INC. $25,000,000 $9,701,468 DesPlaines

IL

This project will convert wood to

green gasoline by fully

integrating and optimizing a

multi‐step gasification process.

The pilot plant will have the

capacity to process 21 metric

tons of feedstock per day.

ICM, Inc. $25,000,000 $6,268,136 St. Joseph MO

This project will modify an

existing corn‐ethanol facility to

produce cellulosic ethanol from

switchgrass and energy sorghum

using biochemical conversion

processes.  

Logos

Technologies $20,445,849 $5,113,962 Visalia CA

This project will convert

switchgrass and woody biomass

into ethanol using a biochemical

conversion processes.
Grantee DOE Grant

Amount

Non‐Fed

Amount

Project  

Location

(City)

Project  

Location

(State)

Description

Renewable Energy

Institute

International

$19,980,930 $5,116,072 Toledo OH

This project will produce high‐

quality green diesel from

agriculture and forest residues

using advanced pyrolysis and

steam reforming. The pilot plant

will have the capacity to process

25 dry tons of feedstock per day.

Solazyme, Inc. $21,765,738 $3,857,111 Riverside PA

This project will validate the

projected economics of a

commercial scale biorefinery

producing multiple advanced

biofuels. This project will

produce algae oil that can be

converted to oil‐based fuels.   

UOP LLC $25,000,000

$6,685,340

Kapolei HI

This project will integrate

existing technology from Ensyn

and UOP to produce green

gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel

from agricultural residue, woody

biomass, dedicated energy

crops, and algae.  

ZeaChem Inc. $25,000,000 $48,400,000 Boardman OR

This project will use purpose‐

grown hybrid poplar trees to

produce fuel‐grade ethanol

using hybrid technology.

Additional feedstocks such as

agricultural residues and energy

crops will also be evaluated in

the pilot plant.

2) Pilot and Demonstration Scale FOA – Demonstration Scale

BioEnergy

International, LLC $50,000,000 $89,589,188 LakeProvidence

LA

This project will biologically

produce succinic acid from

sorghum.  The process being

developed displaces petroleum

based feedstocks and uses less

energy per ton of succinic acid

produced than its petroleum

counterpart.   
Grantee DOE Grant

Amount

Non‐Fed

Amount

Project  

Location

(City)

Project  

Location

(State)

Description

Enerkem

Corporation $50,000,000 $90,470,217 Pontotoc MS

This project will be sited at an

existing landfill and use

feedstocks such as woody

biomass and biomass removed

from municipal solid waste to

produce ethanol and other

green chemicals through

gasification and catalytic

processes.

INEOS New Planet

BioEnergy,LLC $50,000,000 $50,000,000 Vero

Beach

FL

This project will produce ethanol

and electricity from wood and

vegetative residues and

construction and demolition

materials. The facility will

combine biomass gasification

and fermentation, and will have

the capacity to produce 8 million

gallons of ethanol and 2

megawatts of electricity per year

by the end of 2011.

Sapphire Energy,

Inc $50,000,000 $85,064,206 Columbus NM

This project will cultivate algae

in ponds that will ultimately be

converted into green fuels, such

as jet fuel and diesel, using the

Dynamic Fuels refining process.

3) Increased funding to existing biorefinery projects

Bluefire LLC $81,134,686 $223,227,314 Fulton MS

This project will construct a

facility that produces ethanol

fuel from woody biomass, mill

residue, and sorted municipal

solid waste. The facility will have

the capacity to produce 19

million gallons of ethanol per

year.