Biomass Resources
Biomass is any organic material made from plants or animals. Domestic biomass resources include agricultural and forestry residues, municipal solid wastes, industrial wastes, and terrestrial and aquatic crops grown solely for energy purposes. Biomass is a clean, renewable energy source that can help to significantly diversify transportation fuels in the United States.
This page provides data, analysis and trends related specifically to biomass resources. Learn more about the U.S. Department of Energy's Biomass Program. The Excel files below contain data that you can download, save, and manipulate for individual research. See data for:
- Feedstock Crop Production, Use, and Pricing
- Next Generation Biofuels
- Ethanol Production and Transportation
BioFuels Atlas 
BioFuels Atlas is an interactive map for comparing biomass feedstocks and biofuels by location. This tool helps users select from and apply biomass data layers to a map, as well as query and download biofuels and feedstock data. The state zoom function summarizes state energy use and infrastructure for traditional and bioenergy power, fuels, and resources. The tool also calculates the biofuels potential for a given area.
BioFuels Atlas was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with funding from the DOE Biomass Program.
| Feedstock Crop Production, Use, and Pricing |
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| Corn Productivity and Land Use in the U.S. Trend of corn yield and acres of corn harvested from 1866-2011 |
| Soybean and Corn Prices in the U.S. Trend of soybean and corn prices, adjusted for inflation, from 1866-2011 |
| U.S. Total Corn Production and Amount Used for Ethanol Trend of corn produced in U.S. and quantity used for ethanol from 1986-2011 |
| Uses of 2007 U.S. Corn Crop Percentages of 2007 corn crop allocated to various purposes |
| Cost Components for U.S. Retail Farm Food Products Composition of the cost that consumers paid for farm foods from 1967-2006 |
| Next Generation Biofuels |
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| The Promise and Challenges of Microalgal-Derived Biofuels Analysis of the future possibilities of algae biofuels |
| Ethanol Production and Transportation |
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| U.S. Ethanol Plant number, Capacity and Production Trend of ethanol plant buildup from 2002-2010 |
| Economic Impact of Ethanol Plants Estimated increase in employment, household incomes, and tax revenues coming from ethanol plants in 2010 |
| Modes of Transporting Ethanol-Related Materials Percent of feedstock corn, ethanol, and byproduct that is transported by truck, rail, and barge |
For more information about the data, analysis, and trends presented on these pages, please contact Caley Johnson at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.