bioenergy

[ bahy-oh-en-er-jee ]

noun

1. energy derived from biofuel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bioenergy¹

First recorded in 1975–80; bio- + energy

Example Sentences

Led by Yanhua Xie and Tyler Lark, researchers with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, the team used machine learning to map nearly 30 million acres of United States cropland abandoned since the 1980s, creating a tool that could guide decisions about how to balance production of energy and food.

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"Whether it's for solar photovoltaic, or agrivoltaics, or cellulosic bioenergy development, or just restoration of natural ecosystems: These sites could be great candidates for a lot of those applications."

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That means more land than previously thought could potentially be used to grow bioenergy crops.

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From soil to sequestration, researchers at Princeton University and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have modeled what a supply chain for second-generation biofuels might look like in the midwestern United States.

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Hittinger, an investigator with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center who studies yeast metabolism, says in addition to furthering our understanding of biodiversity, the database can help researchers identify or create yeasts that are better at converting plant sugars into biofuels and other alternatives to fossil fuels.

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