The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency R&D. Established in 1974, NREL began operating in 1977 as the Solar Energy Research Institute. It was designated a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in September 1991 and its name changed to NREL.

Breaking the Bilogical Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol
June 2006

Agriculture Project Fact Sheet - Biodegradable Performace Polymers from Switchgrass
July 2002

Energy from Biofuels: The Greening of America
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 1998

Biofuels from Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures
U.S. Department of Energy, November 1998

New World Record Achieved in Solar Cell Technology
U.S. Department of Energy, December 2006

Unraveling the Structure of Plant Life
National Renewable Energy Lab, July 2004

Industrial Bioproducts: Today and Tomorrow
Mark Paster, Joan L. Pellegrino, Tracy M. Carole, December 2003

Growing Trees as a Source of Fuel
Cindi Anderson, January 2002

Summary of Chariton Valley Switchgrass Co-Fire Testing at the Ottumwa Generating Station in Chillicothe, Iowa: Milestone Completion Report
W. Amos, July 2002

Biomass co-firing in existing power plants
Cindi Anderson, March 2002

Developing Bioenergy Fuels
P. Shepard, June 2000

Alternative Fuel News
US Department of Energy, November 2003

Transforming agricultural waste into liquid biodiesel fuel
Cindi Anderson, November 2002

Fostering the Bioeconomic Revolution...in Biobased Products and Bioenergy
Biomass Research and Development Board, January 2001

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health: Summary Report, September 16, 1999--January 31, 2003
R.E. Morris, A.K. Pollack, G.E. Mansell, et al., June 2003

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health: Task 1 Report, Incorporate Biodiesel Data into Vehicle Emissions Databases for Modeling
C. Lindhjem, A. Pollack, June 2003

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health: Task 2 Report, The Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Ozone Concentrations
R.E. Morris, G.E. Mansell, Y. Jia, et al., June 2003

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health: Task 3 Report, The Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Ambient Carbon Monoxide Levels in the Las Vegas Nonattainment Area
G. Mansell, R.E. Morris, G. Wilson, June 2003

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health: Task 4 Report, Impacts of Biodiesel Fuel Use on PM
R.E. Morris, Y. Jia, June 2003

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health: Task 5 Report, Air Toxics Modeling of the Effects of Biodiesel Fuel Use on Human Health in the South Coast Air Basin Region of Southern California
R.E. Morris, Y. Jia, June 2003

NO_x Solutions for Biodiesel: Final Report; Report 6 in a series of 6
R.L. McCormick, J.R. Alvarez, M.S. Graboski, June 2003

Another RBEP Success: Agricultural wastes make "agro-plastics" lighter and stronger
US Department of Energy, January 2002

Another RBEP Success: 100% vegetable-based motor oil protects engines and reduces emissions
November 2001

Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass: Volume I--Results of Screening for Potential Candidates from Sugars and Synthesis Gas
T. Werpy, G. Petersen, August 2004

Screening Study for Utilizing Feedstocks Grown on CRP Lands in a Biomass to Ethanol Production Facility
L. Wu, March 1998

"Mini-Manhattan Project" for Cellulases: NREL Pursues Enzyme Development Critical to Viability of Biofuels
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2004

Leaching of Alkalis in Biomass Using Banagrass as a Prototype Herbaceous Species: Final Report, February 1997
S. Turn, C. Kinoshita, D. Ishimura, et al., February 1997

Turning Landfill Gas into Electricity in South Carolina
Cindi Andersen, January 2002

HOMER: The Micropower Optimization Model. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Innovation for Our Energy Future (Fact Sheet)
Peter Lilienthal, Paul Gilman, April 2004

Demonstrating the value of a fishy biodiesel blend in Alaska's Aleutian Islands
Cindi Andersen, March 2002

Biodiesel and Other Renewable Diesel Fuels; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (Fact Sheet)
R. Bain, November 2006

A Summary of NO_x Emissions Reduction from Biomass Cofiring
David Dayton, May 2002

Washing Away Bioprocessing Cost: Pressurized Hot Wash Improves Cellulosic Ethanol Technology
October 2002

Biomass Cofiring in Coal-Fired Boilers: Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Federal Technology Alert
Federal Energy Management Program, June 2004

Biofuels for Sustainable Transportation
Sally Neufeld, June 2000

Bioethanol: A Renewable Transportation Fuel from Biomass
Cynthia Riley, March 2002