Up to $4.3 million in federal funds will help MBI International further its work on alternative fuel technology.

Lansing-based MBI, part of the Michigan State University Foundation, helps prepare bio-based technologies and innovations for commercial use.

The federal funds from the Energy Department will allow MBI to continue work on a technology developed by MSU professor Bruce Dale.

Dale has worked for years to develop a more efficient way to convert grasses, straw and wood chips for use in biofuel and animal feed production.

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