Review of the Research Strategy for Biomass-Derived Transportation Fuels (1999) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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, universities, and corporations to develop technologies that would enable a bioethanol industry to become a mature market. Through its National Biomass Ethanol Program, the OFD manages R&D by government and industry-government partnerships for the development of a cellulosic ethanol industry.
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ROLE OF GOVERNMENT The motivation for developing bioethanol as a transportation fuel is based on concerns about energy security, environmental quality, economic competitiveness, and stabilization of the agricultural sector. Congress has addressed environmental and energy security concerns through several mandates, including the Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
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, directs DOE to "establish a program to promote the development and use in light duty motor vehicles of domestic replacement fuels" and further states that the "program shall promote the replacement of petroleum motor fuels with replacement fuels to the maximum extent practicable." The program "shall, to the extent practicable, ensure the availability of those replacement fuels that will have the greatest impact of reducing oil imports, improving the health of our nation's economy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions." Another issue related to the environmental and national security concerns addressed by Congress is the issue of externalities. Externalities include, for example, environmental damage caused by unpenalized or unregulated pollution.
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The strategic objectives focus on early demonstration of the production of ethanol to meet congressional mandates, even though the government technology base is not adequate to ensure the widespread acceptance of an ethanol fuel at this time. In the committee's view, a strong industrial R&D program to achieve significant advances in bioethanol production and feedstock production will require time to mature, especially to benefit from ongoing advances in genetic engineering.
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The request for $53.4 million in fiscal year 2000 for the OFD biofuels program includes $37.4 million for ethanol production, $1.0 million for biodiesel production, $5.5 million for feedstock production, $3.5 million for the regional biomass program, and $6.0 million for R&D on integrated bioener~v. In 1 0,/ 1999, the DOE launched a crosscutting Bioenergy Initiative supported by the biofuels (OFD's program)
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This report focuses on the main components of OFD's bioethanol and biodiesel programs, most of which are directed toward the development of bioethanol technologies rather than biodiesel. Chapter 2 provides a brief history of the use of bioethanol as a transportation fuel and describes the market conditions for biomass-based ethanol.
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