Bioenergy: Related Links

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA Renewable Energy—News and information about USDA's renewable energy activities.

Office of Energy Policy and New Uses—USDA office responsible for developing and coordinating Departmental energy policy, programs, and strategies.

• Reports/Papers on Renewable Energy—USDA reports and papers covering corn ethanol, biomass, bioenergy, and biodiesel.

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)—FAS works to improve foreign market access for U.S. products, build new markets, and improve the competitive position of U.S. agriculture in the global marketplace.

• Biofuels Analysis—Data, country-specific reports and links related to biofuels.

Business and Cooperative Programs—Programs to promote a dynamic business environment in rural America.

• Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program—USDA program that funds grants and loan guarantees to agricultural producers and rural small business to assist them in purchasing renewable-energy systems and making energy-efficiency improvements.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Bioenergy—DOE’s introduction to bioenergy information.

Energy Information Administration—Official energy statistics from DOE.

• Renewable and Alternative Fuels Basics—Renewable energy and alternative fuels data and other links.
• Short-Term Energy Outlook—Monthly projections for U.S. domestic petroleum, natural gas, electricity, and coal supply, demand, and prices.
• Long-Term Energy Outlook—Annual projections and analysis of U.S. energy supply, demand, and prices through 2030.
• International Energy Data and Analysis—Data, reports, and forecasts on petroleum, natural gas, electricity and coal markets.

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy—Office responsible for renewable energy research and technology development.

• USDOE Biomass Program—DOE effort to develop technologies for converting biomass (plant-derived materials) to fuels and chemicals.

o Ethanol
o Biodiesel
o USDOE Biofuels Initiative (cellulosic ethanol)

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—Primary DOE laboratory responsible for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.
  o NREL Biomass Research
  o Biomass Resource Information
  o National Bioenergy Center

• Publications on Biomass—DOE reports and papers covering corn ethanol, biomass, bioenergy, and biodiesel.
• DOE Information Resources on Biomass—Extensive collection of links on biomass from Federal, State, academic, international, and nonprofit organizations.

USDA and DOE Partnership on Energy

Plant Feedstocks Genomics for Bioenergy—Partnership between USDA and DOE to advance research on renewable energy.

Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Regional Affairs—Division responsible for the Bank’s regional research efforts.

• Can Ethanol Power the Rural Economy?

Educational Organization

Sun Grant BioWeb—Noncommercial, educational website with information about biomass resources for bioenergy and bioproducts.