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A -- ULTRA-CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FUELS SOL DE-PS26-00FT40758 POC David L. Hunter, hunter@netl.doe.gov, 412/386-4872 WEB: click here to download a copy of the draft Program, www.netl.doe.gov/business. E-MAIL: click here to provide comments on this draft by e-mail, hunter@netl.doe.gov. The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award Federal Financial Assistance (cooperative agreements) for the program entitled "Ultra-Clean Transporation Fuels." Awards will be made to a limited number of applicants based on an evaluation of the technical merit of the proposed technology, probable reducibility to practice, formulation and organization of the project plan, technical and management capabilities, and availability of DOE funding. This solicitation (available in both WordPerfect 6.1 and Portable Document Format [PDF]) was released on DOE's NETL Internet site (http://www.netl.doe.gov/business) on December 17, 1999. Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-00FT40758, the DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory, in cooperation with the DOE's National Petroleum Technology Office, seeks applications for research and development that will lead to the production of ultra-clean transportation fuels from fossil resources, alone or in combination with other hydrocarbon materials. The DOE's Office of Fossil Energy intends to create strategic partnerships with industry targeted at the development and verification of advanced fuel-making processes that utilize fossil feedstocks. These processes will enable the production of ultra-clean transportation fuels, that improve the environment, while also expanding and diversifying the fossil resource base. This solicitation represents a major step toward creating a comprehensive DOE Fossil Energy Ultra-Clean Transportation Fuels Initiative Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal programs joining forces to pursue a common strategy. In addition, Fossil Energy is coordinating this and its other fuels efforts with DOE Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy Office of Transportation Technologies, the organization responsible for the engine/vehicle/after treatment technologies. DOE anticipates issuing financial assistance (cooperative agreements) for each project selected. DOE reserves the right to support or not support, with or without discussions, any or all applications received in whole or in part, and to determine how many awards may be made through the solicitation subject to the funds available. DOE expects to provide up to $50 million between October 1999 and September 2005 with approximately $10 to $15 million per project. Cost sharing by the applicant is required, and details of the cost sharing requirement are contained in the solicitation. A draft of this Program Solicitation is available for comment on NETL's World Wide Web Server Internet System at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business until January 7, 2000. The final Program Solicitation is expected to be ready for release on or about January 14, 2000. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the Program Solicitation. Posted 12/16/99 (W-SN409166). (0350)

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