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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#3399FF" vlink="#3399FF"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The US Department of Energy Update to the “Billion Ton” study is released today. This is the USDOE’s estimate of the amount of biomass that would be available for conversion to renewable energy without displacing projected use of resources for food, feed and fiber. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tom</span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=700 style='width:525.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p> <o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img width=606 height=128 style='width:6.3083in;height:1.3333in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/beto_banner.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img width=606 height=84 style='width:6.3083in;height:.875in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.eere.energy.gov/bioenergy/images/news_blast_banner.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:#3C4349;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=381 valign=top style='width:285.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1><em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2016 Billion-Ton Report</span></em> Released Today!<o:p></o:p></h1><p style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Today, during the first plenary session of <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzEyLjYxNDQ2NjgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcxMi42MTQ0NjY4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzM2MjQ4JmVtYWlsaWQ9dG1pbGVzQHRybWlsZXMuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10bWlsZXNAdHJtaWxlcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/bioenergy2016">Bioenergy 2016</a></span></em>, titled “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Biomass,” the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzEyLjYxNDQ2NjgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcxMi42MTQ0NjY4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzM2MjQ4JmVtYWlsaWQ9dG1pbGVzQHRybWlsZXMuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10bWlsZXNAdHJtaWxlcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://energy.gov/eere/articles/future-bioeconomy-supported-more-one-billion-tons-biomass-potential">announced</a> the rollout of volume 1 of the <i><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzEyLjYxNDQ2NjgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcxMi42MTQ0NjY4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzM2MjQ4JmVtYWlsaWQ9dG1pbGVzQHRybWlsZXMuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10bWlsZXNAdHJtaWxlcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&102&&&http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/2016-billion-ton-report">2016 Billion-Ton Report</a></i>. The plenary discussion delved into the report’s impact, usefulness, implications, and overall findings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2016 Billion-Ton Report</span></em>, jointly released by the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), concludes that the United States has the potential to sustainably produce at least 1 billion dry tons of nonfood biomass resources annually by 2040. New in the 2016 report are assessments of potential biomass supplies from algae, from new energy crops (miscanthus, energy cane, eucalyptus), and from municipal solid waste. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Increasing production and use of biofuel, biopower, and bioproducts would substantially decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the utility and transportation sectors and reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil as the domestic bioeconomy grows.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Volume 2 of the report is set for release later this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On July 21, BETO will host a joint webinar with ORNL to discuss volume 1 of the report, including the results, scenarios, and reasoning behind assumptions and constraints. More details to come following <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bioenergy 2016</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For highlights of the <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2016 Billion-Ton Report</span></em>, visit our <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzEyLjYxNDQ2NjgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcxMi42MTQ0NjY4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzM2MjQ4JmVtYWlsaWQ9dG1pbGVzQHRybWlsZXMuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10bWlsZXNAdHJtaWxlcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&103&&&http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/2016-billion-ton-report">web page</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #CCCCCC 1.5pt;padding:11.0pt 0in 0in 0in;margin-top:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzEyLjYxNDQ2NjgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcxMi42MTQ0NjY4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NzM2MjQ4JmVtYWlsaWQ9dG1pbGVzQHRybWlsZXMuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10bWlsZXNAdHJtaWxlcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&104&&&https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USEERE/subscriber/edit?preferences=true#tab1">Subscriber Preferences Page</a>. 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