<p>Chevron Corp. will fund up to $25 million in research at UC Davis in the next five years to develop affordable, renewable transportation fuels from farm and forest residues, urban wastes and crops grown specifically for energy.</p>
<p>Public and private funds are flowing to this new field of research. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (who visited UC Davis’ new Energy Efficiency Center last spring and its hydrogen fuel cells program in 2004) has made biofuels a cornerstone of his Executive Order S-06-06 released last April. Schwarzenegger ordered that by 2010, we should produce 20 percent of our biofuels within the state, increasing to a 40 percent share by 2020 and 75 percent by 2050. The state currently produces less than 5 percent, he has said.</p>
<p>Schwarzenegger also ordered that biomass contribute a 20 percent share of the state’s renewable portfolio standard for electricity in 2010 and 2020, goals that will require substantial increases in our biomass-fueled generating capacity.</p>
<p>Toward these goals, in July, Schwarzenegger announced a new Bioenergy Action Plan. “Our state is a biomass goldmine with tremendous resources found in our agriculture, forestry and urban waste,” he said.</p>
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