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1.	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

2.	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

3.	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

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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

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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

6.	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

7.	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

8.	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

9.	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

10.	Current State of the U.S. Ethanol Industry The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the U.S. ethanol industry and to outline the major forces that will affect the development of the industry over the n  Details Bookmark & Share

11.	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

12.	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

13.	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

14.	Land-Use Change and Bioenergy This publication describes the Biomass Program’s efforts to examine the intersection of land-use change and bioenergy production. It describes legislation requiring land-use change assessments, key da  Details Bookmark & Share

15.	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

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Process Design and Economics for Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) promotes the production of ethanol and other liquid fuels from lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks by funding fundamental and applied research that advances the stat  Details Bookmark & Share

17.	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

18.	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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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

20.	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

21.	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

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Quantifying Cradle-to-Farm Gate Life-Cycle Impacts Associated with Fertilizer Used for Corn, Soybean, and Stover Production Fertilizer use can cause environmental problems, particularly eutrophication of water bodies from excess nitrogen or phosphorus. Increased fertilizer runoff is a concern for harvesting corn stover fo  Details Bookmark & Share

23.	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

24.	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

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Life Cycle Inventory of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel for Use in an Urban Bus This report presents the findings from a study of the life cycle inventories (LCIs) for petroleum diesel and biodiesel. An LCI is a comprehensive quantification of all the energy and environmental flo  Details Bookmark & Share

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Fuel-Cycle Fossil Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Fuel Ethanol Produced from U.S. Midwest Corn This study addresses two issues: (1) data and information essential to an informed choice about the corn-to-ethanol cycle are in need of updating, thanks to scientific and technological advances in b  Details Bookmark & Share

27.	Feedstock Supply and Logistics: Biomass as a Commodity The Bioenergy Technologies Office and its partners are developing the technologies and systems needed to sustainably and economically deliver a broad range of biomass in formats that enable their effi  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.	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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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

31.	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

32.	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

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

34.	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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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

36.	Biomass Power and Conventional Fossil Systems with and without CO2 Sequestration Lifecycle analysis of coal-, natural gas- and biomass-based power generation systems with and without CO2 sequestration. Compares global warming potential and energy balance of these systems.  Details Bookmark & Share

37.	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

38.	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

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Historical Perspective on How and Why Switchgrass was Seleced as a "Model" High-Potential Energy Crop Economic and environmental assessments by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biofuels Feedstock Development Program staff together with the screening project results, and funding limitations lead to maki  Details Bookmark & Share

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Biochemical Production of Ethanol from Corn Stover: 2007 State of Technology Model Since 2001, NREL has kept track of technical research progress in the biochemical process through what are known as “State of Technology” (SOT) assessments. The purpose of this report is to update the  Details Bookmark & Share

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Thermochemical Design Report: Thermochemical Ethanol via Indirect Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis of Lignocellulosic Biomass 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-unit level by 2012.  Details Bookmark & Share

42.	An Overview of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Life Cycles This overview is extracted from a detailed, comprehensive report entitled Life Cycle Inventories of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel for Use in an Urban Bus. This report presents the findings from a st  Details Bookmark & Share

43.	Farm Foundation Issue Report: What's Driving Food Prices? This report provides an assessment of the major forces behind the dramatic increases in commodity prices. It is intended to provide objective information that will help all stakeholders meet the chall  Details Bookmark & Share

44.	Understanding the Impact of Higher Corn Prices on Consumer Food Prices In an effort to assess the true effects of higher corn prices, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) commissioned an analysis on the impact of increased corn prices on retail food prices. This   Details Bookmark & Share

45.	Global Agricultural Supply and Demand: Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices This report discusses the factors that have led to global food commodity price inflaction and addresses the resulting implications.  Details Bookmark & Share

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U.S. Department of Energy's Genomics: GTL Bioenergy Research Centers White Paper The Genomics:GTL Bioenergy Research Centers will be dedicated to fundamental research on microbe and plant systems with the goal of developing knowledge that will advance biotechnology-based strategi  Details Bookmark & Share

47.	The Effects of Ethanol on Agricultural Food and Feed There are many related and difficult questions raised by the fuel vs. food vs. feed debate. Some of those questions may be irrelevant or of less importance when compared to the real issues to be addr  Details Bookmark & Share

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The Impact of Ethanol Production on U.S. and Regional Gasoline Prices and on the Profitability of the U.S. Oil Refinery Industry This report details pooled regional time-series data and panel data estimation used to quantify the impact of monthly ethanol production on monthly retail regular gasoline prices.  Details Bookmark & Share

49.	Analysis of the Efficiency of the U.S. Ethanol Industry 2007 In 2007, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) conducted a survey of US ethanol production plants to provide an assessment of the current US ethanol industry. The survey covers plant operations in bot  Details Bookmark & Share

50.	Energy and Environmental Aspects of Using Corn Stover for Fuel Ethanol This journal article includes a life-cycle model that describes collecting corn stover in the state of Iowa, in the Midwest of the United States, for the production and use of a fuel mixture consistin  Details Bookmark & Share