U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Biomass Program

Feedstock Related Links

There are a variety of other resources available for information on biomass feedstocks.  We have organized some of those resources into the following categories:

Other DOE Offices and Federal Agencies

• Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Biofuels Mission Focus
• DOE Office of Science BER Bioenergy Research Centers
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2007 Farm Bill Energy Provision
• USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Bioenergy and Energy Alternatives National Program
• USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
• USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) Bioenergy Economy Research
• USDA Forest Service
• USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• USDA Rural Development (RD) Energy Initiatives

Research Partners

• Idaho National Laboratory Bioenergy Technology Research
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Biomass Research
• Sun Grant Initiative Universities
• USDA ARS Sustainability of Corn Stover Removal Project

Reports and Publications

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• Feedstocks Project Fact Sheets
• Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply (PDF 5.6 MB)
• Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol (Biomass to Biofuels Workshop Report) (PDF 5.9 MB) 
• Roadmap for Agriculture Biomass Feedstock Supply in the United States (PDF 18.9 MB) 
• Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network
• "A Prairie Land's Companion" – Switchgrass article that appeared in the September 2007 issue of Agricultural Research magazine (USDA site)
• "U.S. Ethanol Expansion Driving Changes Throughout the Agricultural Sector" – Article in USDA ERS Amber Waves September 2007 issue