Look, Amory, the Chooster, a.k.a. DOE (US Department of Energy) has designated $34.7 million to ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN) for development of carbon fiber manufacturing and processing. Green Car Congress reports that a portion of those monies will go to construct the Carbon Fiber Technology Center.
No tin foil hat for Amory Lovins, Fiberforge Chairman Emeritus, when he takes his show on the road, uh-uh, strictly composite, baby.
GCC informs that the funding will support energy efficiency technologies in 2 areas:
The Center will investigate novel manufacturing processes and alternative feedstocks in order to lower the cost of carbon fiber from the current $10-$20 per pound to under $5 per pound.
ORNL also will receive $20.2 million to develop an Integrated Net-Zero Energy Buildings Research Laboratory that includes a commercial building field research platform.
