AWARD
M -- ARPA-E Project entitled - Development of an Integrated Microbial-ElectroCatalylic (MEC) System for Various Liquid Biofuel Production from CO2
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2010
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Lawrence Berkeley, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS: 71-259, Berkeley, California, 94720, United States
- ZIP Code
- 94720
- Archive Date
- 9/3/2010
- Point of Contact
- Maria C. Robles, Phone: 5104952552
- E-Mail Address
-
maria.robles@bso.science.doe.gov
(maria.robles@bso.science.doe.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- DEAC0205CH11231441
- Award Date
- 8/19/2010
- Awardee
- The Regents of the University of California, One Cycltron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Award Amount
- $1,658,317
- Description
- Recovery Action - This modification is issued to obligate American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009 funds to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), in collaboration with partners Regents of the University of California Berkeley and Logos Technologies lnc., will develop a combined microbial and electrochemical catalytic system, the MEC system, to transform electricity obtained from solar, wind or wave power and CO2 to generate energy-dense biofuels. In this technology, a common soil bacterium, Ralstonia eutropha, will be genetically modified to produce biofuels. These biofuels, which include butanol, and alkenes, will serve as replacements for petroleum-derived fuels. A novel metal complex that converts water to H, at high rates with input of electricity will be used to generate H2 for R. eutropha growth and biofuel production. A chemical method to transform butanol obtained from engineered strains of R. eutropha to jet fuel will also be developed. LBNL is specifically responsible for the completion of Program Element I. Metabolic Engineering of Ralstonia eutropha for Biofuel Production. The contract was awarded competitively. The contract is a cost reimbursement contract because of the uncertainties of the research mission of the laboratory makes it impossible to estimate with reasonable accuracy the costs of performance making the firm, fixed price contract type inappropriate.
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