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Intergrated Biorefinery(IBR) Platform Peer Review
August 13 - 15, 2007
Location: Denver West Marriott  

The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office of Biomass Program (OBP) is holding a Peer Review for the IBR Platform. The formal IBR Platform review will provide the Technology Manager pertinent peer reviewer feedback on the individual projects and the portfolio as a whole. OBP is investigating the contribution of the IBR Platform to the Program goals, and aligned with the President's "20 in 10" goals it aims to reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil in the transportation sector and help drive the DOE's renewables mission.

The IBR Platform Review will evaluate:

• Appropriateness of the research project to platform objectives
• Progress against planned milestones and likelihood of commercial success
• Relationship to OBP mission and goals and contribution to 2012, 20 in 10, 2030 targets
• Strategic mix of industry, academic, laboratory involvement in the research
• Appropriateness of industry-government cost share
• Recommendations (i.e. go/no-go decisions, redirection, etc)