South San Francisco-based LS9, the developer of renewable fuel technology, said today it has awarded a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, along with its partner, Oxford, NC-based HCL Clean Tech. The money will be used to convert cellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars and then diesel and other chemical products, LS9 said. The grant was part of a broader $36 million program the Department of Energy is running in six states, according to a statement last month from HCL.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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