The United States has enough biomass potential to produce 35 billion gallons per year of aviation biofuel by 2050, a new report confirms.Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s John Field provided biomass feedstock production expertise to the report&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/87279.pdf">focused on the role of the bioeconomy in U.S. decarbonization strategies</a>, which was produced by the Department of Energy’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/decarbonizing-energy-through-collaborative-analysis-routes-and-benefits">DECARB program</a>.The report examined the role of biomass in reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the economy, including opportunities to reach negative emissions. It includes data from the ORNL-led&nbsp;<a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/2016-billion-ton-report">2016 Billion-Ton Report</a>&nbsp;that identified potential biomass from agricultural and forestry residues, wastes and bioenergy crops.&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/2023-billion-ton-report-assessment-us-renewable-carbon-resources">latest 2023 Billion-Ton Report</a>&nbsp;identifies up to 1.7 billion tons per year of potential biomass, including winter oilseed crops for jet biofuels.Carbon-negative bioenergy is expected to be essential to a net-zero emissions economy and could account for 4% to 11% of the nation’s total energy mix by 2050, according to the DECARB report.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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The U.S. has enough biomass potential to produce 35 billion gallons per year of aviation biofuel by 2050, a new report confirms. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s John Field provided biomass feedstock production expertise within the report.

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