Federal Biomass/Energy Resources

Department of Energy (DOE)

• DOE, Energy Information Administration (EIA) US Energy Statistics

• DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) US Renewable Energy Research

• DOE, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)  US Energy Information

• DOE, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Biomass Program

• DOE/USDA, Biomass Research and Development Board (BRD) The multi-agency effort to coordinate all Federal biobased products and bioenergy research and development.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• USDA, Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) National Weekly Ag Energy Roundup

• USDA, Rural Development (RD) Rural Development administers the energy and value added grant and loan programs.

• USDA, BioPreferredSMProcurement Program USDA comprehensive biobased program.

• USDA, National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) US Agriculture Statistics

• USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) US Agriculture Economics (Bioenergy)

• USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Field Office Technical Guide

• USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Landuse Economic Tools

Federal Grants (in addition to funds available from DOE, USDA, and EPA)

• Grants.gov The Federal Clearinghouse on available grants

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• EPA AgStar On-farm methane digester support program

• EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Very current data on landfills, methane capture and utilization (both direct combustion and electricity generation.

Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Economic Census

• Census Bureau, Department of Commerce Economic Census