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Documents produced by the National Bioenergy Center and many other
documents related to biomass conversion technologies may be accessed online in several
different ways.
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The Biomass Document Database provides access to most biofuels and
many other biomass documents produced by the National Bioenergy Center and its subcontractors
since 1980. Most of the more recent documents are available as full text PDFs.
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The Alternative Fuels Data Center is a larger database that includes all the biofuels documents
in the Biomass Document Database plus ones related to alternative fuels and alternative-fuel vehicles.
It also includes sources other than NREL documents.
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The NREL Publications Database covers biomass technology documents written
or edited by NREL staff and subcontractors from 1977 to the present. The database includes
technical reports as well as outreach publications such as brochures and fact sheets. Coverage
is nearly complete for NREL technical reports, less so but still extensive for journal articles
and subcontract reports. NREL reports published from 1999 to the present are available as full
text PDFs.
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This publications database is similar to the NREL Publications Database,
but covers the entire U.S. Department of Energy system, thus including biomass documents
produced by other DOE national laboratories. It has a growing collection of full text
documents from 1995 forward.
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The primary objectives of DOE's Biomass Program are to support development of technology for
production of fuels, chemicals, and power. The great majority of the work of the National Bioenergy
Center is in support of this program. This Web site includes descriptions of biofuels and biomass
power technologies and projects, resource issues, and other information sources.
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As directed by an August 1999 executive order and the Biomass Research and Development
Act Of 2000, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture and five other federal
agencies are developing a coordinated program for promoting biomass conversion technologies.
This effort includes thermochemical technology as well as biotechnology, and chemical as
well as fuel products.
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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the DOE maintains a general information
and inquiry Web site about renewable energy. This bioenergy page includes links to a large
number of related sites.
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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the National Conference of State Legislatures maintain a Web site that provides good general information about current biomass use as well as research on new technology. It also has state specific information about biomass resources, projects, and programs.
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Center—1-877-EERE-INF (1-877-337-3463).
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