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

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); WinnowGen, Inc., Madison, WI (United States); Midwestern BioAg, Madison, WI (United States)
  2. Joint BioEnergy Inst. (JBEI), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Emeryville, CA (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). BioEnergy Science Center (BESC)
  4. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Midwestern BioAg, Madison, WI (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1327633
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; FC02-07ER64494; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
BioEnergy Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1939-1234
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Bioenergy; Biomass; US Department of Energy; Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center; Bioenergy Science Center; Joint Bioenergy Institute; Collaborative Research Center

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Slater, Steven C., Simmons, Blake A., Rogers, Tamara S., Phillips, Margaret F., Nordahl, Kristy, and Davison, Brian H. The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8.
Slater, Steven C., Simmons, Blake A., Rogers, Tamara S., Phillips, Margaret F., Nordahl, Kristy, & Davison, Brian H. The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8
Slater, Steven C., Simmons, Blake A., Rogers, Tamara S., Phillips, Margaret F., Nordahl, Kristy, and Davison, Brian H. Thu . "The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1327633.
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title = {The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output},
author = {Slater, Steven C. and Simmons, Blake A. and Rogers, Tamara S. and Phillips, Margaret F. and Nordahl, Kristy and Davison, Brian H.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8},
journal = {BioEnergy Research},
number = 3,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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