Award Number: DE-EE0008503CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15Bioenergy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): CAOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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December 13, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008503
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Spero Energy, Inc. to develop and test a process to extract and catalytically upgrade lignin from biomass. Specifically, Spero Energy’s Selective Process for Efficient Removal of Lignin and Upgrading (SPERLU), a process for one-step lignin conversion to phenolic monomers, would be optimized to convert a higher percentage of lignin carbon into monomeric bio-phenols, which would then be processed into renewable polymers and materials. The project would be completed over three Budget Periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.