In Georgia, the University of Georgia (UGA) said a group of researchers from the university are working on promising pathways like bioenergy and bioproducts.
“Bioenergy is essential if we want to move into a sustainable society and reduce or eliminate our use of fossil fuels,” said Debra Mohnen, Distinguished Research Professor and Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and research domain manager for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Center for Bioenergy Innovation(CBI).
At CBI, a multidisciplinary center headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), UGA researchers who specialize in production of plant-based fuels and chemicals are joined by experts across campus to position UGA as a leader working to accelerate the adoption of bioenergy worldwide, the university said.
“Certain biofuels are not always the most cost-effective operation,” said Robin Buell, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics at the Center for Applied Genetic Technologies in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “You have to reinvent bioenergy so that the economics are driving it.”
To advance bioenergy, there’s a need to find the right sources of biomass, produce a high yield and identify the best biological pathways to convert it into bioenergy and bioproducts, UGA said.
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