About the Program

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE's) Biomass Program works with industry, academia, and our national laboratory partners on a balanced portfolio of research in biomass feedstocks and conversion technologies. Through research, development, and demonstration efforts geared toward the development of integrated biorefineries, the Biomass Program is helping transform the nation's renewable and abundant biomass resources into commercially viable, high-performance biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower.

The Biomass Program primarily focuses on research and development efforts to ensure that cellulosic ethanol is commercially viable by 2012 and that biobased aviation fuel, diesel fuel, and gasoline are price competitive by 2017.

More information can be found in the Research and Development section.

Our Vision:

A viable, sustainable domestic biomass industry that produces renewable biofuels, bioproducts and biopower; enhances U.S. energy security; reduces U.S. oil dependence; provides environmental benefits (e.g., reduced greenhouse gas emissions); and creates nationwide economic opportunities.

The Biomass Program Overview presentation is an interactive walk through of the Program's vision of advancing the biofuels and bioproducts industry and highlights the research and development activities that will help achieve it.

The Biomass Program Multi-Year Program Plan outlines the Department of Energy's strategy for research, development, and deployment of various biomass technologies from 2010 through 2022.

The Biomass Program Peer Review process, a biennial requirement for all EERE programs, helps to guide the future Program research and development activities. The resultant reports can be found on the Peer Review Web page.

More Biomass Program publications and information are available in the Information Resources section.