Bioenergy | NREL

NREL's bioenergy research and development activities advance the technologies to produce bio-based energy, fuels, and products.

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BOTTLE Consortium Launches To Change the Way We Recycle

Learn about efforts to address plastic pollution

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Researchers Point to Sugars as Key Factor in Ideal Feedstock for Biofuels

Discover the economics of poplar trees for biofuels

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NREL, University Partner To Dive Deeper into How Enzymes Digest Plastic

Read new insights into plastic-eating enzymes

R&D 100 Market Disruptor Award! NREL Develops Formula for Renewable, Nontoxic Polyurethane

Take a Look at NREL's Advanced Biofuels Research

NREL Biosciences Center

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National Bioenergy Center

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Laboratory Analytical Procedures

Biomass compositional analysis

Bio-oil analysis

Microalgae compositional analysis

News

NREL Chemist Wins Award for Electron Bifurcation Research Article

April 30, 2021

Earth Anticipates a Circular Economy for Energy Materials

April 20, 2021

NREL's Bioenergy research supports the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office and the Office of Science.