The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output

Slater, Steven C.; Simmons, Blake A.; Rogers, Tamara S.; Phillips, Margaret F.; Nordahl, Kristy; Davison, Brian H.

doi:10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8

The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output

Journal Article · Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · BioEnergy Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8· OSTI ID:1327633

Slater, Steven C. ^[1]; Simmons, Blake A. ^[2]; Rogers, Tamara S. ^[3]; Phillips, Margaret F. ^[4]; Nordahl, Kristy ^[2]; Davison, Brian H. ^[3]

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); WinnowGen, Inc., Madison, WI (United States); Midwestern BioAg, Madison, WI (United States)
Joint BioEnergy Inst. (JBEI), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Emeryville, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). BioEnergy Science Center (BESC)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Midwestern BioAg, Madison, WI (United States)

Over the past 7 years, the US Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research has funded three Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs). These centers have developed complementary and collaborative research portfolios that address the key technical and economic challenges in biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. All three centers have established a close, productive relationship with DOE's Joint Genome Institute (JGI). This special issue of Bioenergy Research samples the breadth of basic science and engineering work required to underpin a diverse, sustainable, and robust biofuel industry. In this report, which was collaboratively produced by all three BRCs, we discuss the BRC contributions over their first 7 years to the development of renewable transportation fuels. In additon, we also highlight the BRC research published in the current issue and discuss technical challenges in light of recent progress.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; FC02-07ER64494; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1327633

Journal Information:: BioEnergy Research, Journal Name: BioEnergy Research Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 8; ISSN 1939-1234

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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