Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply, April 2005

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1218316· OSTI ID:1218316

Perlack, Robert D. ^[1]; Wright, Lynn L. ^[1]; Turhollow, Anthony F. ^[1]; Graham, Robin L. ^[1]; Stokes, Bryce J. ^[2]; Erbach, Donald C. ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC (United States)
3. US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, DC (United States). Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

The purpose of this report is to determine whether the land resources of the United States are capable of producing a sustainable supply of biomass sufficient to displace 30 percent or more of the country’s present petroleum consumption – the goal set by the Biomass R&D Technical Advisory Committee in their vision for biomass technologies. Accomplishing this goal would require approximately 1 billion dry tons of biomass feedstock per year.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO); USDA
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1218316
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO--102005-2135; ORNL/TM-2005/66; 3967
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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