WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office announced that it expects to award up to 49 cooperative agreements for addressing the highest priority research and development areas within biofuel technologies, bioproducts, and biopower. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $79.3 million with a ceiling of $10 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, more ST