Was this old story related to the grant in question ?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100422153943.htm Not sure how this "new" technology from PNNL is very different. From: James Bowery Coincidentally I had just, literally a minute ago, sent off a query about this PNNL work to some coinvestigators in a grant proposal to the DoE for the production of biocrude because the PNNL process sounded so similar, I wanted to find out if there was any distinction. The biggest problem remains the sufficiently economic production of biomass -- and to the best of my knowledge after looking at that problem for the past 20 years -- there is only one technology capable for that. Brad Lowe wrote: Some links: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218100141.htm http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/18/Scientists-Manufacture-Cr ude-Oil-The-End-of-Peak-Oil http://www.genifuel.com/