Milwaukee, Wis. – The private sector’s interest level in the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is extremely high and includes a diversity of interests that are engaged in the project, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison dean who helped write a successful grant proposal to fund the center.
Molly Jahn, dean of UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, said the recent five-year, $125 million Department of Energy grant award that established the research center will produce economic and environmental benefits for Wisconsin and the Midwest – something the private sector is keenly aware of.