Biomass provides a tremendous opportunity to use domestic and sustainable resources to provide its fuel, power, and chemical needs from plants and plant-derived materials. It starts with resources such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops or other biological material, which can be used as a solid fuel — or converted into liquid or gaseous forms - for the production of electric power, heat, chemicals, or fuels.
The Biomass Program supports NREL R&D that focuses on biomass characterization, thermochemical and biochemical biomass conversion technologies, biobased products development, and biomass process engineering and analysis. NREL also works to develop cost-effective, environmentally friendly biomass conversion technologies to reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil, improve our air quality, and support rural economies.
The Biomass Program also works with the National Bioenergy Center, which was established to coordinate the nation's biomass research activities.
Learn more about NREL's Biomass Research.
NREL supports the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Biomass Program.
Contact Thomas Foust with questions regarding NREL's Biomass Program.
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