The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output

Steven C. Slater; Blake A. Simmons; Tamara S. Rogers; Margaret F. Phillips; Kristy Nordahl; Brian H. Davison

doi:10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8

The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output

Steven C. Slater, Blake A. Simmons, Tamara S. Rogers, Margaret F. Phillips, Kristy Nordahl, Brian H. Davison

Biosciences Division

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

Over the past 7 years, the US Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research has funded three Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs). These centers have developed complementary and collaborative research portfolios that address the key technical and economic challenges in biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. All three centers have established a close, productive relationship with DOE’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI). This special issue of Bioenergy Research samples the breadth of basic science and engineering work required to underpin a diverse, sustainable, and robust biofuel industry. In this report, which was collaboratively produced by all three BRCs, we discuss the BRC contributions over their first 7 years to the development of renewable transportation fuels. We also highlight the BRC research published in the current issue and discuss technical challenges in light of recent progress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	881-896
Number of pages	16
Journal	Bioenergy Research
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8
State	Published - Sep 8 2015

Funding

In late 2007, the US Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), funded three Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs): (1) the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, (2) the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), led by the University of Wisconsin—Madison in close partnership with Michigan State University, and (3) the Bioenergy Science Center (BESC), led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Their mission, broadly stated, is to develop the scientific and engineering approaches, together with supporting technologies, which will underpin conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into liquid transportation fuels. This research was funded by the Bioenergy Science Center (BESC), the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), and the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), which are US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the DOE Office of Science. BESC is led by ORNL and is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, for the DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. GLBRC operates under contract #DE-FC02-07ER64494 to the University of Wisconsin—Madison, in a primary partnership with Michigan State University. JBEI acknowledges the funding support from US DOE’s Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, through contract DE-AC02-05CH11231 between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the US DOE.

Funders	Funder number
BioEnergy Science Center
Joint BioEnergy Institute
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-FC02-07ER64494
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-AC05-00OR22725
Office of Science	DE-AC02-05CH11231
Biological and Environmental Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Keywords

Bioenergy
Bioenergy Science Center
Biomass
Collaborative Research Center
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Joint Bioenergy Institute
US Department of Energy

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8

Cite this

@article{433f2d4f781d4c96aefc1ee4c1468350,

title = "The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output",

abstract = "Over the past 7 years, the US Department of Energy{\textquoteright}s Office of Biological and Environmental Research has funded three Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs). These centers have developed complementary and collaborative research portfolios that address the key technical and economic challenges in biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. All three centers have established a close, productive relationship with DOE{\textquoteright}s Joint Genome Institute (JGI). This special issue of Bioenergy Research samples the breadth of basic science and engineering work required to underpin a diverse, sustainable, and robust biofuel industry. In this report, which was collaboratively produced by all three BRCs, we discuss the BRC contributions over their first 7 years to the development of renewable transportation fuels. We also highlight the BRC research published in the current issue and discuss technical challenges in light of recent progress.",

keywords = "Bioenergy, Bioenergy Science Center, Biomass, Collaborative Research Center, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Joint Bioenergy Institute, US Department of Energy",

author = "Slater, {Steven C.} and Simmons, {Blake A.} and Rogers, {Tamara S.} and Phillips, {Margaret F.} and Kristy Nordahl and Davison, {Brian H.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, The Author(s).",

year = "2015",

month = sep,

day = "8",

doi = "10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8",

language = "English",

volume = "8",

pages = "881--896",

journal = "Bioenergy Research",

issn = "1939-1234",

publisher = "Springer",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers

T2 - History, Operations, and Scientific Output

AU - Slater, Steven C.

AU - Simmons, Blake A.

AU - Rogers, Tamara S.

AU - Phillips, Margaret F.

AU - Nordahl, Kristy

AU - Davison, Brian H.

PY - 2015/9/8

Y1 - 2015/9/8

N2 - Over the past 7 years, the US Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research has funded three Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs). These centers have developed complementary and collaborative research portfolios that address the key technical and economic challenges in biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. All three centers have established a close, productive relationship with DOE’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI). This special issue of Bioenergy Research samples the breadth of basic science and engineering work required to underpin a diverse, sustainable, and robust biofuel industry. In this report, which was collaboratively produced by all three BRCs, we discuss the BRC contributions over their first 7 years to the development of renewable transportation fuels. We also highlight the BRC research published in the current issue and discuss technical challenges in light of recent progress.

AB - Over the past 7 years, the US Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research has funded three Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs). These centers have developed complementary and collaborative research portfolios that address the key technical and economic challenges in biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. All three centers have established a close, productive relationship with DOE’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI). This special issue of Bioenergy Research samples the breadth of basic science and engineering work required to underpin a diverse, sustainable, and robust biofuel industry. In this report, which was collaboratively produced by all three BRCs, we discuss the BRC contributions over their first 7 years to the development of renewable transportation fuels. We also highlight the BRC research published in the current issue and discuss technical challenges in light of recent progress.

KW - Bioenergy

KW - Bioenergy Science Center

KW - Biomass

KW - Collaborative Research Center

KW - Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

KW - Joint Bioenergy Institute

KW - US Department of Energy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941168746&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8

DO - 10.1007/s12155-015-9660-8

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84941168746

SN - 1939-1234

VL - 8

SP - 881

EP - 896

JO - Bioenergy Research

JF - Bioenergy Research

IS - 3

ER -

The DOE Bioenergy Research Centers: History, Operations, and Scientific Output

Abstract

Funding

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this