WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded two Delaware companies working on renewable energy projects almost $4 million total in grants.
Newport's Compact Membrane Systems Inc. is slated to get nearly $3 million for three programs that remove water from oils.
And Newark's Elcriton Inc. will receive $1 million for its effort to genetically engineer microorganisms to turn biomass into a renewable fuel.
Both companies are small businesses and had received funding previously from the Department of Energy to prove their ideas had merit before getting the latest grants. The current grant money will be used to help take the products to market.