21st Century Biomass Research Roadmap - Biofuels and Cellulosic Ethanol, Feedstocks, Sugars, Thermochemicals, Integrated Biorefineries, Energy Crops and Fuels, Corn, Oil, Pulp, Paper (Ringbound)

This important and up-to-date printed report provides a guide to ongoing federal research on the production of biofuels from biomass. The Department of Energy (DOE) Multi-Year Program Plan for Biomass and Biorefinery Systems research and development notes that "biomass is the only domestic, sustainable and renewable primary energy resource that can provide liquid transportation fuels and organic chemicals and materials currently produced from fossil sources. Biomass also supports a technology transition to a hydrogen economy through either gasification or the production and reforming of liquid intermediates such as ethanol, methanol, or bio-oil. The three major current and potential markets for biomass and biomass related technologies are: transportation fuels, organic chemicals and materials, and electricity.