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BP Funds Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) at University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will join the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in forming the Energy Biosciences Institute to study biofuel research and production. The energy company BP is providing $500 million to fund the 10-year research program. Participants in the UIUC project “Renewable Energy and Land-use in Illinois” and a number of faculty from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences have contributed to the project proposal.

More information can be found under the following links:

• BP Selects Strategic Partners For Energy Biosciences Institute [BP Press Release]
  
• Initiative will put Illinois at forefront of farm bioenergy production [University of Illinois News Bureau Press Release]
  
• UC Berkeley to lead $500 million energy research consortium with partners Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, University of Illinois [UC Berkeley Press Release] [Press conference webcast]
  
• BP to fund biofuel research institute [NY Times]

• Calif., Illinois to team up in clean energy search [The Mercury News]

• BP invests in UI, biofuel development [Daily Illini]