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In the San Francisco Bay Area, three national laboratories, major public and private universities, industry, and federal agencies have joined together to create the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). This institute will develop the basic science and technology to create an array of environmentally friendly biofuels using plant biomass and microbes. JBEI will focus its scientific effort in three key areas: feedstock production, deconstruction, and fuels synthesis. JBEI will employ an opportunistic “start-up company” approach, partnering with industry, to develop new science and technologies that address the most challenging steps in industrial bioenergy processing. Crosscutting technologies in computational tools, systems and synthetic biology tools, and advanced imaging will be applied in a multi-pronged approach for biomass-to-biofuel solutions in addition to discovery-driven benefits for biohydrogen research, solar-to-fuel initiatives, and broader DOE programs.
 From microbes to gas tanks(click to enlarge) |
