BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre launch 27 January 2009

The biggest ever single UK public investment in bioenergy research has been announced today (27 January) by the main funding agency for the biosciences the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

The £27M BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) has been launched to provide the science to underpin and develop the important and emerging UK sustainable bioenergy sector and to replace the petrol in our cars with fuels derived from plants.

Sustainable bioenergy offers the potential to provide a significant source of clean, low carbon and secure energy, and to generate thousands of new green collar jobs. It uses non-food crops, such as willow, industrial and agricultural waste products and inedible parts of crops, such as straw, and so does not take products out of the food chain.

For more information please see www.bsbec.bbsrc.ac.uk

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[keywan99]

very interesting clip!

[JuanKyam]

The unwieldy acronym "BSBEC" is not mentioned in the summary or keywords. Maybe provide a link to the new website?

The captions are illegible by the way.