NCSU gets grant to research ethanol from trees
Published: Wed, Aug. 20, 2008 01:14PM
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closeRALEIGH -- N.C. State University is getting a $1 million federal grant to study the feasibility of growing genetically-modified trees to produce ethanol.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole and an official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are scheduled to announce the three-year program on Thursday. Dole and John Cooper, state director of rural development for the Agriculture Department, plan to speak at 3 p.m at the Park Alumni Center on Centennial Campus.
Dr. Hasan Jameel, professor of wood and paper science, is the principal investigator for the grant.
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The federal government and private companies are increasingly interested in the development of biofuels such as ethanol as alternative forms of energy.
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