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Biomass power plants already provide the largest U.S. source of renewable energy and ethanol plants the only renewable alternative to imported oil. Biomass program conversion technology can make the former much more efficient and greatly expand available feedstocks for the latter.

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This page is intended as a portal of useful resources for biomass industries and research and consulting companies, and for companies who are considering building an integrated biorefinery. If you have suggestions for other resources (ours or other's) that would be useful to post here, please let us know.

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  • Biomass Document Database: A relatively comprehensive collection of public documents of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biomass Program.
  • 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 5.1 MB).
  • Determining the Cost of Producing Ethanol from Corn Starch and Lignocellulosic Feedstocks (PDF 525 KB).
  • Biomass Program Solicitations: Current solicitations of the Biomass Program itself.
  • National Biomass Initiative Solicitations Listing: A listing of current biomass-related solicitations from various federal agencies and a list of recent awards.
  • Sugar Platform Integration Project Reviews: Presentations and follow up to state-gate and other reviews of the sugar platform integration project.
  • Bioenergy Conversion Factors: A handy set of energy unit conversions and energy content values for biomass.
  • Useful Information about Conventional and Alternative Fuels and Their Feedstocks (PDF 135 KB).







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