Biomass is an organic renewable energy source that includes materials such as agriculture and forest residues, energy crops, and algae. Scientists and engineers at the Energy Department and National Laboratories are finding new, more efficient ways to convert biomass into biofuels that can take the place of conventional fuels like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
Bioenergy Technologies Office
The Bioenergy Technologies Office works to develop industrially relevant technologies to enable domestically produced biofuels and bioproducts...
Feedstock Technologies
The Feedstock Technologies program works to ensure a reliable, affordable, and sustainable supply of terrestrial biomass feedstock sources.
Learn about all the ways scientists and engineers at the Department of Energy are working to convert biomass into biofuels that can take the place of conventional fuels like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
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