Betting on biomass.The U.S. Department of Energy has unveiled a $2.85 million Biomass biomass Weight or total quantity of living organisms of one animal or plant species (species biomass) or of all the species in the community (community biomass), commonly referred to as a unit area or volume of the habitat. Surface Characterization A rather long and fancy word for analyzing a system or process and measuring its "characteristics." For example, a Web characterization would yield the number of current sites on the Web, types of sites, annual growth, etc. Laboratory within the National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. in Golden, Colorado The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the eastern edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. . Dedicated in March 2005, the new lab is designed to give scientists the means to make significant breakthroughs in the development of biomass as a viable energy source. The facility features the most advanced research tools to study biomass-to-energy processes at the atomic and molecular levels. One area the laboratory will explore is the creation of new technologies for biorefineries, which will produce bio-based transportation fuels and various other products the way petroleum refineries do today. |
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