Bio Fuel

Reports
Research

BioFuel-Reports: `see Biomass Reports as well...`

www.osti.gov	Lists 800+ DOE publications on Biofuels. DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Information Bridge.
www.pnas.org	"Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels" Evaluates through life-cycle accounting, ethanol from corn grain and biodiesel from soybeans. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.
www1.eere.energy.gov	National BioFuels Action Plan. US Dept of Energy. 2008 developed by the inter agency Biomass Research and Development Board. Intro to R&D needs. PDF.
www.worldwatch.org	"Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Energy in the 21st Century", aims to present the opportunities, but also the limits, of global biofuel production and their use in terms of energy, agricultural, environmental, and rural development aspects, as well as in economic terms.'' World Watch. PDF.
www.worldwatch.org	"Smart Choices for Biofuels" "Double-digit growth in ethanol and biodiesel use during the past three years has contributed to a rapid increase in food, feed grain, and soybean prices, as well as a sharp environmental backlash." This report is a joint project of the Worldwatch Institute and the Sierra Club. 2009. PDF.
www.pnas.org	"Climate change and health costs of air emissions from biofuels and gasoline" quantifies and monetizes the life-cycle climate-change and health effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions from gasoline, corn ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol. National Academies Dec, 2008.
www.wbcsd.org	Biofuels Issue Brief provides an overview of biofuel production and use with a special focus on the transport sector. It describes first and second generation biofuels and explores their potential as a possible substitute for fossil fuels. World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Nov 2007.
national-academies.org	National Academies. Report Considers Impact of Ethanol Production on Water Resources. October 2007.
www.nrel.gov	"Research Advances in Cellulosic Ethanol" National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Mar 2007. PDF.
www1.eere.energy.gov	From Biomass to Biofuels National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 2006. ***
www.epa.gov	'Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Expanded Renewable and Alternative Fuels Use'. Environmental Protection Agency. Two pages with chart 2007. PDF.
bioenergy.ornl.gov	Reports Page. Hundreds of Reports. Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ***
www.25x25.org	Biofuels and Air Quality. 25 x 25. One page report.
www.esa.org	Biofuel Sustainability. The Ecological Society of America's statement as to Biofuel Sustainability Jan 2008.
www.marketresearch.com	MarketResearch is the world's largest and continuously updated collection of market research, offering more than 160,000 market research reports from over 600 leading global publishers. Biofuels.^^^ Report Fees ^^^
www.pewclimate.org	"Biofuels for Transportation: A Climate Perspective" Pew Center on Global Climate Change. June 2008.
www.pnas.org	"Net energy of cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass" National Academy of Sciences 2007. ***
www.pnas.org	"Metabolic engineering of a thermophilic bacterium to produce ethanol at high yield" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (ALK2)
bioenergy.ornl.gov	"Biofuels from Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures" Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
www.energyjustice.net	Earth Justice. List of Links/Reports/Studies evaluating the negatives of ethanol usage.
ec.europa.eu	European Commission. Science for Environment Policy. Biofuel Report. Addresses recent advances in biofuel research, focusing on research into the environmental and land use impacts of increases in biofuel crop production. PDF.
www.wri.org	"Corn Stover For Ethanol Production: Potential and Pitfalls" World Resources Institute, Jan 2009. This study uses a national agro-environmental production model to evaluate the environmental and economic impacts of introducing a market for corn stover to support a stover-based ethanol industry.
www.wri.org	"Finding Balance: Agricultural Residues, Ethanol, and the Environment" World Resources Institute, December, 2008. This analysis explores the implications of corn stover harvest for soil carbon loss, nutrient (nitrogen) pollution, and erosion, as well as the potential to mitigate those impacts using available agricultural best management practices (BMPs) such as reduced tillage intensity and integration of winter cover crops (WCC) into production rotations.
www.wri.org	"Plants at the Pump: Reviewing Biofuels' Impacts and Policy Recommendations" World Resources Institute, July 2008. This article summarizes and updates the conclusions of the Plants at the Pump report, released in December 2007.
www.wri.org	"Plants at the Pump: Biofuels, Climate Change, and Sustainability" World Resources Institute, December 3, 2007. Examines the feasibility of achieving significant emissions reductions from the proliferation of biofuels and concludes that biofuels are not a complete, nor even the primary, solution to our transport fuel needs.

BioFuel Research: `see Biomass Research`
bioenergy.ornl.gov	Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network BFIN is a gateway to a wealth of biomass feedstock information resources from the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and other research organizations.
web.missouri.edu	Bio-Based Research Hub. Links to many different University Departments researching Biofuels... ***

The U.S. already has in place 160,000 miles of gasoline pipeline, 200,000 fueling stations, and 251 million gas-powered registered vehicles.

Videos: `see Videos Page as well...`
www.nrel.gov	NREL. This video provides an overview of National Renewable Energy Laboratory research on converting biomass to liquid fuels.
www.ted.com	Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change. TED Video.

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