Biomass and Bioenergy
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Renewable Fuels Association
A national trade association for the domestic ethanol industry. Provides information about federal policies concerning alcohol fuels to consumers, blenders, marketers, and technicians. "Ethanol Report," a bi-monthly newsletter, is available free with membership.

Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
Ethanol fuels, ethanol from wastes, and biodiesel.

DOE's Bioenergy Initiative
Program to facilitate and support "bio-industry' in the U.S. by increasing the production and utilization of energy from forest products, agricultural products, and wastes. In addition to program information, web site has definitions of bioenergy terms, fact sheets, and links to other resources on biomass, and biofuels.

European Energy Crops InterNetwork
Nineteen well-known institutes, representing 14 EU countries, involved in research, development and implementation activities of energy crops. Every three months over 75 new contributions on the latest developments on the production, pre-treatment and utilization of energy crops are published.

American Coalition for Ethanol
A non-profit membership association devoted to promoting the increased production and use of ethanol.

American Methanol Institute
A non-profit educational and scientific organization dedicated to supporting the greater use of methanol as a clean energy resource.

New Uses Council
Nonprofit membership organization run by volunteers dedicated to expanding the development and commercialization of new industrial, energy, and non-food consumer uses of renewable agricultural, forestry, livestock and marine products.

BioEnergy Resources
A resource for bioenergy, bioconversion, and bioprocess technology.

Governor's Ethanol Coalition
Goal to increase the use of ethanol based fuels, to decrease the America's dependence on imported energy resources, improve the environment and stimulate the national economy.

CHAPOSA - Charcoal Potential In Southern Africa
Project investigating the potential for a sustainable supply of charcoal to low-income households in urban areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.

General Biomass Company
Develops and commercializes biomass technologies, with emphasis on fuel ethanol from biomass. Site has links to other energy websites.

FAO Forest Energy Forum
Promoting sustainable wood energy systems globally. Site has information on fuels derived from forest products and issues associated with forest energy.

British BioGen
Trade association to the UK Bioenergy Industry. Site includes bioenergy and biomass promotional information, also Bioenergy Good Practice Guidelines.

Bioenergy Information Network
Part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy outreach activities.

Handbook of Energy Crops
Detailed descriptions of about 200 plant species that can be used to produce energy.

Ethanol Marketplace
Ethanol Marketplace provides a complete global resource to people around the world who work in the ethanol and renewable fuels industries.

Biomass Energy Technology Area, Tata Energy Research Institute, India
Projects include developing biomass gasifiers (for uses such as silk reeling, magnesium chloride production, community cooking, and large cardamom curing) and production of biogas by biomethanation of industrial effluents and market/vegetable wastes.

PureVision Technology
Has a biomass treatment process capable of producing fiber, energy, chemicals and sugars from diverse biomass feedstocks and waste streams.

BioFuels Energy Systems
Full-text technical reports and bibliographic citations on biofuel energy technologies.

BioPower Energy Research
Full-text scientific and technical reports, journal literature, and citations on biopower. Site managed by United States Department of Energy.

Biofuels: Journey to Forever
Biofuels site provides comprehensive information about biodiesel and ethanol with a lot more about environment friendly nature of biofuels.

Environmental Media Services - Bioenergy
Information about the potential of bioenergy to help or harm the environment. Facts and links.

Running On Alcohol
Facts and methods related to making and using ethanol as fuel.

Planet Power
Information about biomass energy crop research projects in Florida, including studies on crop production, harvesting and grinding, and co-firing with coal. Also has information and links on other renewable-energy topics.

Maui Green Energy
Advocacy group promoting biodiesel and other renewable energy resources. Includes information on the technology and its uses.

Ethanol India
Information about the potential for ethanol technology in India, government policies, and a prospectus for a proposal for a new plant.

Veg-Oil-Car.com
How to convert a car to run on Vegetable Oil. Includes costs, fuel information, and a forum.

IEA Biomass Combustion and Co-firing
Biomass Combustion and Co-firing task of the IEA Bioenergy Agreement. Technical documents and reports can be downloaded.

U.S. Department of Energy Biomass Program
Develops technology for conversion of biomass to fuels, chemicals, materials, and power. Includes general information about biofuels, program research, resource and market issues, and publications and data.

Alternative Fuels
Describes the efforts of the National Conference of State Legislatures (US) to promote alternative fuels, with links to related resources.