Biomass Publications

Several very useful resources are available to you to help find documents of interest relating to biomass.

The Biomass Document Database is a comprehensive collection of technical and outreach documents produced by the Biomass Program and predecessor Biofuels Program. We are working to include documents from the Biopower Program and other relevant predecessor organizations as well as documents important to biomass, not produced by the program, but coverage will not be as complete.
The lower portion of this page provides quick links to some of the most frequently referred publications for information about biomass technology. A few are key technical or management documents, but most are popular brochures.
BIOBIB is a bibliography of documents for biomass feedstock research and analysis work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and is an excellent resource for bioenergy crop research.
These online databases may include citations, but will not generally include copies of copyrighted book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. You should go to traditional library resources for these. Recent Posters and Papers, does, however include copies of selected articles by Biomass Program researchers, for which permission to post was obtained, as well as selected conference posters, which normally do not get published.

Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Biomass Program and Vision

2007 Biomass Program Overview (PDF 1.9 MB)
2007 Biomass Program Peer Review website
Biomass Program Brochure (PDF 844 KB)
Ethanol Myths Fact Sheet (PDF 2.6 MB)
Biomass Program Partnerships Fact Sheet (PDF 653 KB)
EERE Office of the Biomass Program Multi-Year Program Plan 2007–2017 (PDF 10.1 MB)
Vision for Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the United States (2006) (PDF 1.4 MB)
Roadmap for Biomass Technologies in the United States (2007) (PDF 2.3 MB)
Plant/Crop-Based Renewable Resources 2020: A Vision to Enhance U.S. Economic Security through Renewable Plant/Crop-Based Resource Use (PDF 593 KB)
The Technology Roadmap for Plant/Crop-Based Renewable Resources 2020: Research Priorities for Fulfilling a Vision to Enhance U.S. Economic Security through Renewable Plant/Crop-Based Resource Use (PDF 797 KB)
Fostering the Bioeconomic Revolution in Biobased Products and Bioenergy: An Environmental Approach (PDF 887 KB)

Feedstocks

Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network (an Oak Ridge National Laboratory Web site)
Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply, April 2005 (PDF 8.5 MB)
Historical Perspective on How and Why Switchgrass was Selected as a "Model" High-Potential Energy Crop, July 2007 (PDF 1.7 MB)
Roadmap for Agriculture Biomass Feedstock Supply in the United States (PDF 18.9 MB)
Biomass Feedstock Availability in the United States: 1999 State Level Analysis
Innovative Methods for Corn Stover Collecting, Handling, Storing, and Transporting (PDF 2.3 MB)
Corn Stover for Bioethanol—Your New Cash Crop (PDF 256 KB)
Biofuels and Agriculture: A Factsheet for Farmers (PDF 593 KB)
Biofuels from Trees: Renewable Energy Research Branches Out (PDF 907 KB)
Energy from Biofuels: The Greening of America (PDF 428 KB)
Biofuels from Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures (PDF 197 KB)

Biochemical Platform Technology

Biochemical Production of Ethanol from Corn Stover: 2007 State of Technology Model (PDF 518 KB)
Biofuels for Your State: Helping the Economy and the Environment (PDF 322 KB)
Bioethanol: Fueling Sustainable Transportation (PDF 322 KB)
Bioethanol: Moving into the Marketplace (PDF 373 KB)
1999 Process Design Report for Wood Feedstock: Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol Process Design and Economics Utilizing Co-Current Dilute Acid Prehydrolysis and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Current and Futuristic Scenarios (PDF 1.9 MB)
2002 Process Design Report for Stover Feedstock: Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol Process Design and Economics Utilizing Co-Current Dilute Acid Prehydrolysis and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Corn Stover (PDF 4.9 MB)
Determining the Cost of Producing Ethanol From Corn Starch and Lignocellulosic Feedstocks (PDF 525 KB)
Feasibility Study for Co-Locating and Integrating Ethanol Production Plants from Corn Starch and Lignocellulosic Feedstocks (PDF 1.2 MB)
Washing Away Bioprocessing Cost (Pressurized Hot Wash fact sheet) (PDF 739 KB)

Thermochemical Platform Technology

Today's Biopower (PDF 329 KB)
Biomass Power for Rural Development (PDF 297 KB)
Project Update: The Vermont Gasifier (PDF 294 KB)
Small Modular Biomass Systems (PDF 325 KB)
Preliminary Screening—Technical and Economic Assessment of Synthesis Gas to Fuels and Chemicals with Emphasis on the Potential for Biomass-Derived Syngas (PDF 1.6 MB)

Biobased Products

New Biocatalysts: Essential Tools for a Sustainable 21st Century Chemical Industry (PDF 612 KB)
Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass, Volume I—Results of Screening for Potential Candidates from Sugars and Synthesis Gas (PDF 1.4 MB)
Top Value-Added Chemicals from Biomass, Volume II - Results of Screening for Potential Candidates from Biorefinery Lignin (PDF 1 MB)

Integrated Biorefineries

Information on Integrated Biorefinery Solicitations can be found on the Financial Opportunities page.
Integrated Biorefinery Project Fact Sheets
Map of DOE Cellulosic Biorefinery Deployment Projects (PDF 104 KB)
The Biomass Economy, Excerpt from National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2002 Research Review, 1st Edition (PDF 664 KB)

Bioethanol and the Ethanol Industry Today

Biofuels Market Data - updated weekly
Handbook for Handling, Storing, and Dispensing E85—Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Brochure (PDF 1.7 MB)
The U.S. Dry-Mill Ethanol Industry: Biobased Products and Bioenergy Initiative Success Stories - 2001
(PDF 186 KB)
Ethanol Fuel Incentives Applied in the U.S. Reviewed from California's Perspective (PDF 770 KB)
U.S. Ethanol Industry Production Capacity Outlook: Update of 2001 Survey Results (PDF 126 KB)
Fuel Specifications and Fuel Property Issues and Their Potential Impact on the Use of Ethanol as a Transportation Fuel (PDF 1.2 MB)
Transportation and Infrastructure Requirements for a Renewable Fuels Standard (PDF 483 KB)
Infrastructure Requirements for an Expanded Fuel Ethanol Industry (PDF 2.1 MB)

Biodiesel and the Biodiesel Industry Today

Biofuels Market Data - updated weekly
2004 Biodiesel Handling and Use Guidelines (PDF 1.6 MB)
Business Management for Biodiesel Producers (PDF 2.1 MB)
Biomass Oil Analysis: Research Needs and Recommendations (PDF 1.4 MB)

Sustainability & Environmental Impacts

Biofuels and Sustainable Development (May 2008), Sustainability Science Program, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (PDF 163 KB)
Fact Sheet: Leading the Fight Against Hunger (May 2008), White House Web site
The Effects of Ethanol on Agricultural Food and Feed (April 2008), Texas A&M University Agricultural Food and Policy Center (PDF 2.3 MB)
The Impact of Ethanol Production on U.S. and Regional Gasoline Prices and on the Profitability of the U.S. Oil Refinery Industry (April 2008), Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (PDF 349 KB)
Analysis of the Efficiency of the U.S. Ethanol Industry 2007 (March 2008), Argonne National Laboratory (PDF 137 KB)
Ethanol Facts: Food vs. Fuel (October 2007), National Farmers Union (PDF 329 KB)
U.S. Corn Growers: Producing Food and Fuel (July 2007), National Corn Growers' Association (PDF 978 KB)
Energy and Environmental Aspects of Using Corn Stover for Fuel Ethanol (2004) National Renewable Energy Laboratory/MIT/Yale University (PDF 1.7 MB)
Quantifying Cradle-to-Farm Gate Life Cycle Impacts Associated with Fertilizer Used for Corn, Soybean, and Stover Production (PDF 1.3 MB)
Fuel Cycle Evaluations of Biomass-Ethanol and Reformulated Gasoline (PDF 7.5 MB)
Fuel-Cycle Fossil Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Fuel Ethanol Produced from U.S. Midwest Corn (PDF 2.6 MB)
An Overview of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Life Cycles - 5/98 (PDF 463 KB)
Life Cycle Inventory of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel for Use in an Urban Bus - 5/98 (PDF 1.5 MB)

National Bioenergy Center Facilities

BSCL Use Plan: Solving Biomass Recalcitrance (PDF 1.2 MB)
The National Bioenergy Center: Laying the Foundation for Biorefineries (PDF 544 KB)
The DOE Bioethanol Pilot Plant: A Tool for Commercialization (PDF 211 KB)
NREL Bioprocessing Pilot Plant: Available for Industrial Use (PDF 404 KB)
DOE Thermochemical Users Facility: A Proving Ground for Biomass Technology (PDF 924 KB)
Biomass Rapid Analysis Network (PDF 1.7 MB)
Bioprocessing Research User Facility (PDF 888 KB)

Archival Documents

2004 Biomass Program Multi-Year Technical Plan (PDF 6.8 MB)
- Office of the Biomass Program Technical Plan Summary (synopsis of Biomass Program Multi-Year Technical Plan) (PDF 228 KB)
DOE Biomass Power Program: Strategic Plan, 1996-2015 (PDF 597 KB)
Biofuels Program Plan: FY 1992 - FY 1996 (PDF 23.8 MB)
Biopower Program, Activities Overview (PDF 389 KB)
Agriculture — Industry of the Future: Accelerating the growth of the emerging biobased products industry (PDF 407 KB)
A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy's Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae Close-Out Report (PDF 3.7 MB)
Biodiesel Research Progress 1992-1997 (PDF 838 KB)

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