Sustainability has three components – environment, economic and social. Since the inception of ORNL research on bioenergy (Braunstein et al 1980), ORNL has been concerned with evaluating the sustainability of bioenergy. Long engaged with economic assessments of biofeedstocks, ORNL began field research on biofeedstock sustainability in the 1990s. This tradition continues under the ORNL Center for Bioenergy Sustainability.
Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry
Effects of Intermediate Ethanol Blends on Legacy Vehicles and Small Non-Road Engines
Biomass 2012: July 10-11 Washington D.C. The U.S. Department of Energy's Biomass Program will host its fifth annual conference, Biomass 2012: Confronting Challenges, Creating Opportunities – Sustaining a Commitment to Bioenergy, at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. This year's conference will examine the dynamic playing field of bioenergy in 2012 as exciting new technologies move forward within a shifting policy, tax, and economic landscape.
