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$241,000,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2017 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2017-12-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DESC0018409_089
Award description

GREAT LAKES BIOENERGY RESEARCH CENTER

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a long-running DOE cooperative agreement with University of Wisconsin System studying sustainable biofuel and biomass technologies.

Sub-sectors
bioenergy-researchrenewable-energyuniversity-cooperative-agreement
Why this matters

Bioenergy research supports U.S. renewable energy independence and rural economic development by advancing alternatives to fossil fuels and petroleum-based products.

Supply-chain signal

Advances domestic biofuel production capacity and agricultural feedstock utilization, reducing reliance on imported energy and supporting U.S. agricultural supply chains.

U.S.–China competition angle

Positions U.S. in global competition for advanced bioenergy technologies and sustainable fuel solutions as China invests heavily in renewable energy R&D.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-28. Cost: $0.003010.

Period of performance
Start
2017-12-01
End
2026-11-30
Status
activein 173 days
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