Biomass Program Multi-Year Program Plan

The US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released earler this month its Biomass Program Multi-Year Program Plan, which aims at developing cost-competitive biomass technologies to enable the production of biofuels nationwide and reduce dependence on oil through the creation of a new domestic bioindustry, thus supporting President Bush’s goal to reduce gasoline use 20 percent by 2017. With an holistic perspective, the programme focus both on developing biofuel, bioproduct and biopower technologies which can enhance the economic potential of biomass and on overcoming barriers to end-user appropriation of biomass-based products.