MADISON, Wis. — Madison will be home to a major new bioenergy research center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The department announced Tuesday it had awarded University of Wisconsin-Madison and a partnership of other universities and labs a $125 million grant to start the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
The federal facility will be built in Madison as part of a new alternate fuel initiative being organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan State University. Both universities will help run the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.