Overcoming constraints to growth in biofuels industry

Renewable Energy (Other Energy Resources)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture asked Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) to identify the obstacles to rapid expansion of the biofuels industry and actions to overcome those barriers. The target is U.S. production and use of 60 billion gallons per year (BGY) of biofuels by 2025. This would meet 17 percent of the projected 250 BGY United States transportation fuel demand for 2025. Expanded domestic biofuels production and use will have several important benefits, including: 1) lessen our dependence on foreign oil; 2) improve the environment; 3) reduce U.S. foreign trade deficits; 4) enhance the economic well-being and quality of life for rural Americans.