Honeywell's UOP awarded US Department Of Energy grant for conversion of waste biomass to green transportation fuels.

UOP LLC, a Honeywell International company, announced on 12 Jan 2010 that it has been selected for negotiation of a $25 M award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into green transportation fuels. The initiative is part of the DOE's effort to help reduce US dependence on foreign oil, spur the creation of the domestic bio-industry and create new jobs. The demonstration plant, which will be built at the Tesoro Corp refinery in Kapolei, HI, USA, is expected to start up in 2014. If successful and fully implemented on a global scale, the new technology has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70% …