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1.	Energy Empowers Fact Sheet This fact sheet provides information about the Energy Empowers clean energy newswire, including a couple of stories on the reverse side.  Details Bookmark & Share

2.	Biomass Multi-Year Program Plan The Biomass Program is one of the nine technology development programs within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This Multi-Year Progra  Details Bookmark & Share

3.	Vision for Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the United States (2006) Establish far-reaching goals to increase the role of biobased energy and products in our nation’s economy  Details Bookmark & Share

4.	Roadmap for Biomass Technologies in the United States (2007) Biomass resources are a sustainable and environmentally friendly feedstock that can contribute significantly to a diverse energy portfolio.  Details Bookmark & Share

5.	2004 Biodiesel Handling and Use Guidelines This document is a guide for those who blend, distribute, and use biodiesel and biodiesel blends. It is intended to help fleets and individual users, blenders, distributors, and those involved in rela  Details Bookmark & Share

6.	State-Level Workshops on Ethanol for Transportaton The Ethanol Workshop Series (EWS) was intended to provide a forum for interest groups to gather and discuss what needs to be accomplished to facilitate ethanol production in-state using local biomass  Details Bookmark & Share

7.	2007 Biomass Program Overview The Biomass Program is actively working with public and private partners to meet production and technology needs. With the corn ethanol market growing steadily, researchers are unlocking the potential  Details Bookmark & Share

8.	Ethanol Myths Fact Sheet Ethanol is a clean, renewable fuel that is helping to reduce our nation’s dependence on oil and can offer additional economic and environmental benefits in the future. This fact sheet is intended to a  Details Bookmark & Share

9.	U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry This report is an update to the 2005 Billion-Ton Study that addresses shotcomings and questions that arose from the original report..  Details Bookmark & Share

10.	Biomass Program 2007 Program Peer Review - Full Report This document summarizes the comments provided by the peer reviewers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biomass Program’s Peer Review meeting, held on November 14-15, 2007 in Baltimore, MD and Pla  Details Bookmark & Share

11.	Biomass Program 2007 Program Peer Review - Program Summary Section This document summarizes the comments provided by the peer reviewers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biomass Program’s Peer Review meeting, held on November 14-15, 2007 in Baltimore, MD and Pla  Details Bookmark & Share

12.	Thermochemical Conversion of Corn Stover Current ethanol production processes utilize microorganisms, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to convert biomass sugars to ethanol.  Details Bookmark & Share

13.	Unraveling the Structure of Plant Life to Make Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals According to NREL scientists, lowering the cost of the cellulases in that enzyme cocktail is the most promising avenue toward a competitive and domestic renewable alternative to gasoline.  Details Bookmark & Share

14.	Fuel Economy and Emissions of the Ethanol-Optimized Saab 9-5 Biopower Owing to renewed and growing interest in increased ethanol utilization in the U.S., a European-specification 2007 Saab 9-5 Biopower 2.0t was acquired by the Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National  Details Bookmark & Share

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Well-to-Wheels Analysis of Advanced Fuel/Vehicle Systems: A North American Study of Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Criteria Pollutant Emissions An accurate assessment of future fuel/propulsion system options requires a complete vehicle fuel-cycle analysis, commonly called a well-to-wheels (WTW) analysis. This WTW study analyzes energy use and  Details Bookmark & Share

16.	Handbook for Handling, Storing, and Dispensing E85 This guidebook contains information about EPAct alternative fuels regulations for fleets, FFVs, E85 properties and specifications, and E85 handling and storage guidelines. The information provided i  Details Bookmark & Share

17.	Biofuels are Helping Your Pocketbook and Our Environment This fact sheet describes some of the financial and environmental benefits of biofuels and dispells myths about ethanol production.  Details Bookmark & Share

18.	The Billion Ton Study The purpose of this report is to determine whether the land resources of the United States are capable of producing a sustainable supply of biomass sufficient to displace 30% or more of the country's   Details Bookmark & Share

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Preliminary Screening: Technical and Economic Assessment of Synthesis Gas to Fuels and Chemicals with Emphasis on the Potential for Biomass-Derived Syngas This report reviews the many syngas to products processes and summarizes the technology status and description, chemistry, catalysts, reactors, gas cleanliness requirements, process and environmental   Details Bookmark & Share

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Separation of Corn Fiber and Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals: Pilot-Scale Operation This project focuses on the development and pilot-scale testing of technologies that will enable the development of a biorefinery capable of economically deriving high-value chemicals and oils from lo  Details Bookmark & Share

21.	Southeast Alaksa Wood Residue Biorefinery The goal of this congressionally-mandated project is to design an integrated biorefinery to convert wood residues to fuel ethanol.  Details Bookmark & Share

22.	Native Flora Utilization This project will include laboratory-scale research to evaluate a fast pyrolysis-based biorefinery concept for the production of fuels and chemicals from the grasses.  Details Bookmark & Share

23.	NREL Bioprocessing Pilot Plant Available for Industrial Use Microbial bioprocessing can produce a myriad of valuable products. If you are an industry needing small- or large-scale trials to test or advance a bioprocessing technology, National Bioenergy Center  Details Bookmark & Share

24.	Pyrolysis Oil Upgrading This project is evaluating the feasibility of upgrading bio-oil in a petroleum refinery setting.  Details Bookmark & Share

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Determining the Cost of Producing Ethanol from Corn Starch and Lignocellulosic Feedstocks (NREL - 2000) This report describes the comparison of the processes, each producing 25 million annual gallons of fuel ethanol. This paper attempts to compare the two processes as mature technologies, which requir  Details Bookmark & Share

26.	Integrated Corn-Based Bio-Refinery The Integrated Corn-Based Bio-Refinery (ICBR) process will use new technology to convert corn grain and stover into fermentable sugars for the parallel production of value-added chemicals such as 1,3  Details Bookmark & Share

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Integration of Leading Biomass Pretreatment Technologies with Enzymatic Digestion and Hydrolyzate Fermentation The goal of this project is to develop comprehensive performance information on a common basis on integrated biomass pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation systems.   Details Bookmark & Share

28.	Indiana Corn Dry Mill The goal of this project is to perform engineering, project design, and permitting for the creation and commercial demonstration of a corn dry mill biorefinery that will produce fuel-grade ethanol, di  Details Bookmark & Share

29.	Industrial Bioproducts Today and Tomorrow Bioproducts are industrial and consumer goods manufactured wholly or in part from renewable biomass (plant-based resources). Today’s industrial bioproducts are amazingly diverse, ranging from solven  Details Bookmark & Share

30.	Kentucky Rural Energy Supply Program This fact sheet provides information about this program which promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy which includes biomass.   Details Bookmark & Share

31.	Mississippi Ethanol Gasification Project This is a Congressionally-mandated effort to develop and demonstrate technologies for the conversion of biomass to ethanol in the State of Mississippi.  Details Bookmark & Share

32.	Mixed Alcohol Design Report This process design and technoeconomic evaluation addresses the conversion of biomass to ethanol via thermochemical pathways that are expected to be demonstrated at the pilot level by 2012.  Details Bookmark & Share

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A Bioethanol Process Development Unit: Initial Operating Experiences and Results with Corn Fiber Feedstock (Journal article) Interest in bioethanol production from lignocellulosic feedstocks for use as an alternative fuel is increasing, but near-term commercialization will require a low cost feedstock. One such feedstock,   Details Bookmark & Share

34.	Biofuels For Your State: Helping the Economy and the Environment A fact sheet that describes the advantages of using ethanol and biodiesel to solve local problems such as smog, ozone, and carbon monoxide.  Details Bookmark & Share

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Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol Process Design and Economics Utilizing Co-Current Dilute Acid Prehydrolysis and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Corn Stover This report is an update of NREL’s ongoing process design and economic analyses of processes related to developing ethanol from lignocellulosic feedstocks.  Details Bookmark & Share

36.	Biomass Oil Analysis: Research Needs and Recommendations Report analyzing the use of biomass oils to help meet Office of the Biomass Program goals of establishing a commercial biorefinery by 2010 and commercilizing at least four biobased products.   Details Bookmark & Share

37.	Business Management for Biodiesel Producers The material in this book is intended to provide the reader with information about the biodiesel and liquid fuels industry, biodiesel start-up issues, legal and regulatory issues, and operational conc  Details Bookmark & Share

38.	BSCL Use Plan: Solving Biomass Recalcitrance Saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass has long been recognized as a potential low-cost source of mixed sugars for fermentation to fuel ethanol or chemicals. Several technologies have been develo  Details Bookmark & Share

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Feasibility Study for Co-Locating and Integrating Ethanol Production Plants from Corn Starch and Lignocellulosic Feedstocks Analysis of the feasibility of co-locating corn-grain-to-ethanol and lignocellulosic ethanol plants and potential savings from combining utilities, ethanol purification, product processing, and fermen  Details Bookmark & Share

40.	Biomass Basics: The Facts About Bioenergy This product provides an explanation of what biomass is and how it can be used.  Details Bookmark & Share

41.	Biomass Program Factsheet The emerging U.S. bioindustry is using a range of biomass resources to provide a secure and growing supply of transportation fuels and electric power. Displacing an increasing portion of our imported   Details Bookmark & Share

42.	National Biofuels Action Plan, October 2008 To help industry achieve the aggressive national goals, Federal agencies will need to continue to enhance their collaboration. The Biomass Research and Development (R&D) Board was created by Congress  Details Bookmark & Share

43.	2007 Year in Review - U.S. Ethanol Industry: The Next Inflection Point This report provides an objective view of the evolving ethanol industry and many of its key participants. This report covers the period Jan 2007–Feb 2008.  Details Bookmark & Share

44.	Biomass Program Overview This document provides an overview of the Biomass Program's mission, strategic goals, and research approach.  Details Bookmark & Share

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Design Case Summary: Production of Gasoline and Diesel from Biomass via Fast Pyrolysis, Hydrotreating, and Hydrocracking The Biomass Program develops design cases to understand the current state of conversion technologies and to determine where improvements need to take place in the future. This design case is the first  Details Bookmark & Share

46.	Energy Empowers Fact Sheet -- West Virginia version A revamped version of the Energy Empowers original fact sheet with only West Virginia weatherization stories on the reverse side.  Details Bookmark & Share

47.	National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap The framework for National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap was constructed at the Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap Workshop, held December 9-10, 2008, at the University of Maryland-College Park. Th  Details Bookmark & Share

48.	Feed Processing, Handling, and Gasification Both current and future sugar biorefineries will generate a wide variety of residue streams that can be used as feedstocks for thermochemical processes, including corn stover, corn fiber, lignin-rich   Details Bookmark & Share

49.	Feedstock Infrastructure This project is quantifying the cost and performance benefits and tradeoffs along the entire feedstock assembly and delivery system. A better understanding of the assembly and delivery operations and  Details Bookmark & Share

50.	Feedstock Sugar Interface To access enough biomass to meet petroleum displacement goals, a variety of feedstock and delivery systems are needed. Selection of the feedstock and delivery system for a biorefinery is important bec  Details Bookmark & Share