Bioenergy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funds research, development, and demonstration to help develop sustainable and cost-competitive biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower. For biofuels, DOE has lowered the cost of non-food-based ethanol by more than $7 per gallon since 2001, and it is now projected to be cost competitive with gasoline when ramped up to a commercial scale. DOE is also supporting 25 new biorefineries that are being built throughout the United States.

Looking to the future, DOE is developing advanced "drop-in" biofuels, which take advantage of existing infrastructure by providing nearly identical biobased substitutes for crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel. DOE has also made pioneering advances to reduce costs and establish best practices for harvesting, handling, and preprocessing a variety of crops for energy production.

Bioenergy Technologies Office

The Bioenergy Technologies Office is focused on forming cost-share partnerships with key stakeholders to develop, demonstrate, and deploy technologies for advanced biofuels production from lignocellulosic and algal biomass.

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