Authorized under section 9002 of the 2008 Farm Bill, the BioPreferred Program (formerly the Federal Biobased Procurement Program) establishes a process for determining eligibility criteria for Federal purchase of biobased products.
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“PNW Ecotone” is a podcast of the Pacific Northwest Research Station that highlights recent science findings, tools, and timely research topics from the 11 PNRS laboratories and centers in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
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The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides financial assistance to owners and operators of agricultural and non-industrial private forest land who wish to establish, produce, and deliver biomass feedstocks.
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This literature review explains the use of fungal enzymes in biofuel production
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Bioenergy research for the Pacific region states.
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The three major components of plant biomass, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, are highly recalcitrant and deconstruction involves thermal and chemical pretreatment. Microbial conversion is a possible solution, but few anaerobic microbes utilize both cellulose and hemicellulose and none are known to solubilize lignin. This report shows that the majority (85%) of insoluble switchgrass biomass that had not been previously chemically treated was degraded at 78 °C by the anaerobic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii.
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Comparing emissions from various renewable biogasoline components in conventional cars.
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Find federal and state laws and incentives for alternative fuels and vehicles, air quality, fuel efficiency, and other transportation-related topics.
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Federal incentives, laws and regulations, funding opportunities, and other federal initiatives related to alternative fuels and vehicles, advanced technologies, or air quality.
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This research looks at two species of thermophilic fungi that produce biomass-decaying enzymes which may be useful for future biofuel conversion technologies.
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