Bioenergy

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Advancing the Bioeconomy:
From Concept to Market

NREL's bioenergy research team enables decarbonization of the industrial and transportation sectors, and a circular bioeconomy through the development and deployment of sustainable fuel, chemical, and polymer technologies.

Explore Our Bioenergy Research and Development Areas

Fuels and Chemicals

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Materials

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Carbon Management and Utilization

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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 Transform and Decarbonize Transportation Fuels and Chemicals Manufacturing

NREL partners with industry, government agencies, academia, and nonprofits to address research challenges in the development of bio-based products and technologies.

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Interested in helping solve today’s decarbonization challenges and having a positive impact on the local, 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.