Group to finance biofuels center

ArgusLeader.com
Thom Gabrukiewicz • tgabrukiew@argusleader.com • September 28, 2008

National Science Foundation chooses S.D. university as site

The National Science Foundation is betting big on South Dakota's commitment to biofuels.

It will help pay for a consortium of universities, industrial partners and governmental agencies to create The Center for Bioenergy and Development.

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will be the host institution for the center. Other founding universities include South Dakota State University, Kansas State University, North Carolina State University, State University of New York Stony Brook and the University of Hawaii.

The goal is to refine starch-based ethanol technologies while creating cellulosic biofuels. Each university received its latest NSF grant Sept. 1.

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