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Biomass energy

Here are entered works on energy from fuels produced from plant or animal sources, such as forestry byproducts or agricultural waste, or on the fuels themselves. Works on the total mass of living matter within a given unit of environmental area are entered under Biomass.

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• Agricultural wastes as fuel
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• Energy From Biological Processes (1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
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• Energy from biological processes. (For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy from biological processes : summary. (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment, 1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy balances in the production and end-use of alcohols derived from biomass : a fuels-specific comparative analysis of alternate ethanol production cycles ([U.S. National Alcohol Fuels Commission], 1980), by U.S. National Alcohol Fuels Commission, TRW Energy Systems Group. Energy Systems Planning Division, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Advanced Technology R & D. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary environmental assessment of biomass conversion to synthetic fuels (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ;, 1978), by Ohio) Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (Cincinnati, S. T. DiNovo, and Battelle Memorial Institute. Columbus Laboratories (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nonfossil fuel fired industrial boilers : background information (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air, Noise and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards ;, 1982), by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Emission Standards and Engineering Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aviation and the emerging use of biofuels : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 26, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Production of sugarcane and tropical grasses as a renewable energy source : quarterly report (Dept. of Energy ;, 1978), by University of Puerto Rico. Center for Energy and Environment Research, United States. Dept. of Energy. Fuels from Biomass Systems Branch, United States. Dept. of Energy. Oak Ridge Operations Office, and University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras Campus). Agricultural Experiment Station (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass of singleleaf pinyon and Utah juniper (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1981), by Elwood L. Miller, Jerome D. Budy, Richard O. Meeuwig, and Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The potential for harvesting "puckerbrush" for fuel (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, 1985), by James A. Mattson, Sharon A. Winsauer, and Minn.) North Central Forest Experiment Station (Saint Paul (page images at HathiTrust)
• Estimating pinyon and juniper fuel and biomass from aerial photographs (USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1979), by Richard O. Meeuwig, Jerome D. Budy, Elwood L. Miller, and Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Predicting crown weight of coast Douglas-fir and western hemlock (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1981), by J. A. Kendall Snell, Brian F. Anholt, and Or.) Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tree biomass : a state-of-the-art compilation. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1981), by United States Forest Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Eucalyptus Energy Farm : feasability study and demonstration : phase 1: site and species selection (Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Technology, Division of Solar Technology ;, 1978), by United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Solar Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass in southeastern forests. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Forest Service, 1981), by N.C.) Southeastern Forest Experiment Station (Asheville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Solid waste and biomass : their potential as energy sources in Illinois : a report to the Technical Committee of the Illinois Energy Resources Commission (Illinois Energy Resources Commission, 1977), by Harold L. Koenig and Illinois Energy Resources Commission. Technical Committee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fuel formation from wood, bark, agricultural, and other lignocellulosic residues : proposal to the forest products industry (University of California, Forest Products Laboratory, 1975), by David Liddell Brink and Berkeley. Forest Products Laboratory University of California (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ethanol fuels reference guide : a decision-maker's guide to ethanol fuels. (Technical Information Branch, Solar Energy Research Institute ;, 1982) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grown organic matter as a fuel raw material resource (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975), by Warren L. Roller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ethanol : farm and fuel issues (The Commission, 1980), by Schnittker Associates and U.S. National Alcohol Fuels Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• A survey of biomass gasification (SERI ;, 1979), by Solar Energy Research Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• A fuel cell using a ferricyanide-ferrocyanide system (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1969., 1969), by Fujio Takahashi, Shuichi Suzuki, Jun Mizuguchi, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The anaerobic pump prototype testing : feasibility analysis (Public Interest Energy Research, California Energy Commission, 2002), by David R Boone, Hal Clark, Keith A Schimel, Portland State University, Energy Innovations Small Grant Program, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commerce Energy biogas/PV mini-grid renewable resources program : final program report : PIER final project report (California Energy Commission, 2008), by Patrick Lilly, Inc Itron, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Co-digestion of dairy manure/food processing wastes and biosolids/food processing wastes to energy (California Energy Commission, 2008), by Bill Kitto, CH2M HILL (Firm), and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Renewable resource/transmission development scenarios : final project report (California Energy Commission, 2011), by David Olsen, Rich Ferguson, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the matter of : application for certification of Pacific Waste Management Corporation Re : Irwindale Resource Recovery Facility Project : Commission order (California Energy Commission, 1987), by Pacific Waste Management Corporation and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cement sector greenhouse gas emissions reduction case studies : consultant report (California Energy Commission, 2009), by Christopher Loreti, TIAX LLC, Loreti Group, and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dairy power production program : dairy methane digester system program evaluation report : PIER consultant report (California Energy Commission, 2009), by Inc Western United Resource Development and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy Research and Development Division final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2008], 2008), by Robert B. Williams, Davis University of California, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Repowering solid fuel biomass electricity generation : final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2012], 2012), by Jaquelyn Birdsall, Davis University of California, California Biomass Collaborative, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Economic analysis of six dairy digester systems in California ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2013], 2013), by Sean Hurley, Doug Williams, Matthew Summers, LLC Summers Consulting, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Offshore membrane enclosures for growing algae (OMEGA) : a feasibility study for wastewater to biofuels : final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2012], 2012), by Jonathan Trent, Ames Research Center, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• California Energy Commission (California Energy Commission, 2011), by Miles Roberts, Charles Smith, and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2011-2012 investment plan for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program : committee final report (California Energy Commission, 2011), by Miles Roberts, Charles Smith, and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Localized health impacts report : for selected projects awarded funding through the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program under solicitation PON-11-601 : staff report (California Energy Commission, 2012), by Jean Baronas and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prototype scale biorefinery integration with renewable heat and power : sustainable integration of feedstock, anaerobic digestion, gasification, and solar cogen with biodiesel production : final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, Energy Research and Development Division, [2015], 2015), by Russell Teall, Russell Teall, California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division, and Biodico (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass potentials from California forest and shrublands including fuel reduction potentials to lessen wildfire threat : consultant report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission ; California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection, [2005], 2005), by George Simons, Prab Sethi, California. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy from solid wastes and bioconversion ([Washington, D.C.] : The Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, [1980], 1980), by Paul F. Rothberg and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final report, technical and economic assessment of methods for direct conversion of agricultural residue to usable energy ([Washington] : Department of Energy ; Springfield, Virginia : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1976., 1976), by R. C. Bailie, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and United States. Department of Energy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Topical report on sources and systems for aquatic plant biomass as an energy resource : in partial fulfillment of the contract for Cost analysis of algae biomass systems (Dept. of Energy, Fuel from Biomass Branch ;, 1977), by Joel C. Goldman, Elizabeth H. Wilson, Dynatech R/D Company, and United States. Department of Energy. Fuels from Biomass Systems Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bioconversion of plant biomass to ethanol : annual report and revised research plan for the period January 1977-January 1978 (U.S. Dept. of Energy ;, 1978), by Ronald E. Brooks, Tah-mun Su, W. Dexter Bellamy, General Electric Company. Research and Development Center, and United States. Department of Energy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The photosynthesis energy factory : analysis, synthesis, and demonstration : final report (The Division ;, 1978), by InterTechnology/Solar Corporation and United States. Department of Energy. Division of Distributed Solar Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cost analysis of aquatic biomass systems (The Division ;, 1978), by Dynatech R/D Company and United States. Department of Energy. Division of Solar Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass energy conversion in Hawaii (Berkeley, California : Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, [1981], 1981), by Ronald L. Ritschard, Andr©Øe G. Ghirardi, United States. Department of Energy, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aboveground tree biomass on productive forest land in Alaska (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1982), by John Yarie, Bert R. Mead, and Or.) Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biomass conversion : methane production from industrial, municipal, and marine wastes (Jan 78 - Nov 87) : citations from the energy data base (The Service, 1987), by United States. National Technical Information Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biofuels : January 1986 - August 1992 (National Agricultural Library, 1992), by Ellen Kay Miller and National Agricultural Library (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biomass strategic value analysis : draft staff paper (California Energy Commission, 2005), by Valentino Tiangco, Zhiqin Zhang, Prab S. Sethi, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy farming (Calif. Energy Commission, 1978), by Robert H. Hodam and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Program negative declaration for the Biomass Conversion Demonstration Program (Calif. Energy Commission?, 1980), by Envirosphere Company and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass handbook for the Biomass Conversion Demonstration Program (California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, 1980), by David Wang, Envirosphere Company, and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commercial biomass gasifier at state central heating and cooling plant : feasibility study (Fuels Office, Alternatives Division, California State Energy Commission, 1978), by Rich Lang and California Energy Commission. Fuels Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resource potential and barriers facing the development of anaerobic digestion of animal waste in California (California Energy Commission, Research & Development Office, 1997), by Mark A Moser, Inc Resource Conservation Management, California Energy Commission. Energy Technologies Biomass Program, and California Energy Commission. Research & Development Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Impact of solar & biomass conversion energy technology on land use in California (The Subcommittee?, 1976), by California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife. Subcommittee on Land Use Planning and Jerry Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Biomass energy development in California : status report (California Energy Commission, 1985), by Dale Edwards, Jane Heinz, and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass-to-syngas, novel low-cost counter-current process : independent assessment report (California Energy Commission, 2007), by Rob Queen, San Diego State University. Foundation, Energy Innovations Small Grant Program, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Program definition for fuels from biomass (Stanford Research Institute, 1976), by Stanford Research Institute, J. A Alich, and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Centralized dairy digester with power generation : PIER final project report (California Energy Commission, 2009), by Allen Dusault, SustainableConservation (Firm), and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical energy accounting in California : a case study of cellulosic ethanol product : PIER interim project report (California Energy Commission, 2009), by David Fridley, Katie Coughlin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geographic information system-enabled renewable energy analysis capability project final report : PIER final project report (California Energy Commission, 2011), by Thomas Baginski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Production of Soladiesel RD from cellulosic feedstocks : final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2011], 2011), by Penelope R. Chua, Inc Solazyme, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• On-site aerobic fermentation of California cellulosic agricultural waste into biofuel : final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2011], 2011), by Suresh M. Menon, Peter V. Czipott, Inc Menon and Associates, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy Research and Development Division final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2008], 2008), by Robert B. Williams, Davis University of California, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Economic analysis of six dairy digester systems in California ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2013], 2013), by Sean Hurley, Doug Williams, Matthew Summers, LLC Summers Consulting, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Offshore membrane enclosures for growing algae (OMEGA) : a feasibility study for wastewater to biofuels : final project report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2012], 2012), by Jonathan Trent, Ames Research Center, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• The potential of energy farming in the southeastern California desert : Staff report (California Energy Commission, 1980), by Va Lew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Senate Bill 620 : alcohol fuels program (The Commission, 1981), by California Energy Commission. Synthetic Fuels Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass facilities survey report for California (The Commission, 1992), by California Energy Commission. Research & Development Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass resource assessment report for California (The Commission, 1992), by California Energy Commission. Research & Development Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Costs and benefits of a biomass-to-ethanol production industry in California (California Energy Commission, 2001), by Tom Macdonald and California Energy Commission. Transportation Technology Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Agricultural Biomass to Energy Program (SB 704) : guidebook (California Energy Commission, 2004), by California Energy Commission. Agricultural Biomass to Energy Program and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recommendations for a bioenergy plan for California ([California Energy Commission], 2006), by California Energy Commission. Fuels & Transportation Division, Inc Navigant Consulting, and Bioenergy Interagency Working Group (Calif.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bioenergy action plan for California ([California Energy Commission], 2006), by Bioenergy Interagency Working Group (Calif.) and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2010-2011 investment plan for the alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology program : draft staff report (California Energy Commission, 2010), by Charles Smith, Leslie Baroody, and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• California Energy Commission (California Energy Commission, 2010), by Charles Smith, Leslie Baroody, and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2010-2011 investment plan for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program : committee report (California Energy Commission, 2010), by Charles Smith, Leslie Baroody, and California Energy Commission. Transportation Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2010-2011 investment plan for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program : draft committee report (California Energy Commission, 2010), by Charles Smith, Leslie Baroody, and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2011 bioenergy action plan : staff draft report (California Energy Commission, 2010), by G. O'Neill, Bioenergy Interagency Working Group (Calif.), and California Energy Commission. Renewable Energy Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2012-2013 investment plan update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program : lead commissioner report (California Energy Commission, 2012), by Charles Smith and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2012-2013 investment plan update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program : revised staff draft (California Energy Commission, 2012), by Charles Smith and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2013-2014 investment plan update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program : commission report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2013], 2013), by Charles Smith and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2014-2015 investment plan update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program : staff report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2013], 2013), by Charles Smith and California Energy Commission. Emerging Fuels and Technologies Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biomass potentials from California forest and shrublands including fuel reduction potentials to lessen wildfire threat : consultant report ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission ; California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection, [2005], 2005), by George Simons, Prab Sethi, California. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)

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