University of Georgia to use federal money for biofuel improvement

The University of Georgia (UGA) has been awarded $2 million (€1.6 million) in federal money for projects aiming to drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements.

UGA has been awarded $500,000 to use a genetic analysis of biomass to identify the plant architecture that is important for optimised biomass production in a range of environments.

A second award of $1.5 million will be used for a project to determine how protein levels affect biomass development and water use in woody plants.

This is part of the US departments of Agriculture and Energy announcement of an available $10 million for eight research projects.