Institutions of Higher Education. This FOA will support the Co‐Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co‐Optima) initiative, a collaborative initiative being pursued by BETO and VTO to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high‐performance fuels for use in high‐efficiency, low‐ emission engines. This first‐of‐its‐kind effort brings together multiple DOE offices, national laboratories, and industry stakeholders to simultaneously conduct tandem fuel and engine R&D and deployment assessment in order to maximize energy savings and on‐road vehicle performance, while dramatically reducing transportation‐related petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In 2016, BETO and VTO jointly funded a consortium of nine DOE national laboratories to begin an initial three‐year project in support of the Co‐Optima initiative. The National Laboratory Project includes two research thrusts: Thrust I—Improve near‐term conventional spark ignition engine efficiency Thrust II—Enable full operability advance compression ignition engines The research cycle for each thrust includes identifying fuel candidates, understanding their characteristics and combustion performance, and determining market transformation requirements such as cost, GHG reduction, feedstock requirements, scalability, and infrastructure compatibility, while providing feedback to stakeholders and future collaborators.
Unique Project (Investment) Identifier: (For IT investment only, see section 53. For all other, use agency ID system.) 011-10-01-02-01-3372-00 6. What kind of investment will this be in FY 2010? (Please Mixed Life Cycle NOTE: Investments moving to O&M in FY 2010, with Planning/Acquisition activities prior to FY 2010 should not select O&M.