Canada launches Industrial Biomaterials Program
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uilding on President Obama’s broad-based plan to cut carbon pollution and support clean energy innovation across the country, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced in October 2013 about $60 million to support innovative solar-energy research and development. As part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) SunShot Initiative, the purpose of these awards is to help lower the cost of solar electricity, advance seamless grid integration, and support a growing US solar workforce. According to DOE, over the last three years, the cost of a solar-energy system has dropped by more than 70%. DOE will award approximately $16 million to four projects that will help develop
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“Agricultural and forestry by-products will be integrated into new materials, which will ultimately reduce the use of petroleum-based polymers,” said John R. McDougall, president of the National Research Council of Canada. “These biomaterials promise to be as safe as the materials currently in use by industry, inexpensive to produce, and the ideal lightweight technology for the automotive and construction sectors.” The program will combine resources from Canadian businesses to advance research and development in the manufacturing of industrial biomaterials. It will also help Canada’s transportation and construction industries remain competitive in global markets by ensuring that automotive parts’ manufacturers and green building material suppliers can adopt □ these leading-edge technologies.
Canada launches Industrial Biomaterials Program www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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reg Rickford, Minister of State (Science and Technology) for Canada and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), announced the launch of the Industrial Biomaterials Program, a new initiative designed to help create more fuel-efficient vehicles and greener construction materials. “This new program will strengthen Canada’s role as a leader in the development of innovative, and sustainable materials and technologies,” said Rickford. “This is yet another example of how we’re ensuring more ideas get to the marketplace, as this program integrates the expertise of the NRC with the business know-how of Canadian industry leaders to manufacture new lightweight, cost-effective, and bio-sourced materials for next-generation vehicles and homes.”
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