The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials

Biomass represents an abundant carbon-neutral renewable resource for the production of bioenergy and biomaterials, and its enhanced use would address several societal needs. Advances in genetics, biotechnology, process chemistry, and engineering are leading to a new manufacturing concept for converting renewable biomass to valuable fuels and products, generally referred to as the biorefinery. The integration of agroenergy crops and biorefinery manufacturing technologies offers the potential for the development of sustainable biopower and biomaterials that will lead to a new manufacturing paradigm.

• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2006-01-27

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Engineering, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.1114736PMID 16439654
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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