U.S. DOE IG Audit Report: US$603 Million in Funding Failed to Meet Biofuel Goals

摘要

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Inspector General of Audits and Inspections made public a report September 12 detailing how the DOE’s efforts to encourage the production of next-generation biofuels have fallen short of expectations. “Despite over [seven] years of effort and the expenditure of about US$603 million, the Department had not yet achieved its biorefinery development and production goals,” according to the IG in the report. “Specifically, the [Energy Policy Act of 2005] mandate to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated biorefineries had not been met and the Department was not on target to meet its biofuels production capacity goal,” the report concluded.