Bioenergy

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Advancing the Bioeconomy:
From Concept to Market

NREL's bioenergy and bioeconomy research team enables resilient, abundant, domestic energy supply chains and drives innovation across industrial and transportation sectors.

Our research leads to discovery and development of cost-effective and performance-advantaged fuel, chemical, and polymer technologies.

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Fuels and Chemicals

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Materials

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Carbon Conversion

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Analysis, Characterization, Modeling, and Simulation

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Science of Biological Energy Conversion

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Scale-Up and Piloting

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Partner With Us To Develop, Translate, and De-Risk Bioenergy and Bioeconomy Innovations for Market Readiness

NREL partners with industry, government agencies, academia, and nonprofits to address research challenges in the development of products and technologies using biomass and waste resources.

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Interested in helping solve today’s energy challenges and having a positive impact on the regional, national, and global bioeconomy?

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Featured News: Understanding Electron-Bifurcating Enzymes

An NREL team has made considerable progress toward mapping the energy landscape of flavin-based electron bifurcation—a fundamental mechanism of energy conservation.