Sep 22 2014
Advanced biofuels can help make our armed forces more energy secure and building new biorefineries will create good jobs across the country. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked the Obama administration for announcing joint Navy, USDA and DOE awards to assist drop-in advanced biofuel companies and congratulated the companies receiving the awards.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s Industrial & Environmental Section, said, “Achieving energy security is critical to national security and military readiness, and the domestic advanced biofuel industry is attempting to do its part to help the U.S. military reach its goals. The price of oil is controlled by other countries, and oil dollars are flowing to terrorists groups. To achieve energy security, our military must have domestic, stably priced alternatives to foreign oil.
“The Navy has consistently played a role in incubating new technologies that secure U.S. leadership in energy. The advanced biofuel industry looks forward to continuing to work with them to make this program a success.
“The Renewable Fuel Standard presents another opportunity to encourage development of new technologies for advanced biofuels. Instability in that program is already hampering U.S. economic competitiveness and leadership for advanced biofuels.”
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BIO is the world's largest trade association representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIOtechNOW is BIO's blog chronicling “innovations transforming our world” and the BIO Newsletter is the organization’s bi-weekly email newsletter.” Subscribe to the BIO Newsletter.
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