Biofuels, Bioenergy, and Bioproducts from Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Crops

Agricultural chemistry and bioenergy.

Renewed interest in converting biomass to biofuels such as ethanol, other forms of bioenergy, and bioenergy byproducts or coproducts of commercial value opens opportunities for chemists, including agricultural chemists and related disciplines. Applications include feedstock characterization and quantification of structural changes resulting from genetic modification and of the intermediates for...

Green biofuels and bioproducts: bases for sustainability analysis

Currently, the chemical industry is largely petroleum based and although the number of ongoing large-scale biocatalytic processes is relatively low, a trend in growth is expected and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other agencies aim to have 30% of the total chemical industry based on renewable sources by 2050 (Philp et al., 2013). At present, a good number ...

Sustainable Energy Production in the United States: Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels and Bioenergy

Halophytes As Bioenergy Crops

Shrinking arable land due to soil salinization and, depleting fresh water resources pose serious worldwide constraints to crop productivity. A vision of using plant feedstock for biofuel production can only be realized if we can identify alternate species that can be grown on saline soils and therefore, would not compete for the resources required for conventional agriculture. Halophytes have r...

Biofuels > Bioenergy Research Centers 1 Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Additional scientific partners include the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Florida, Illinois State University, Iowa State University, and Lucigen Corporation. Located in the world’s most productive agricultural region, the GLBRC is taking scientifically diverse approaches to converting sunlight and diverse plant feedstocks (agricultural residu...