Current Challenges in Commercially Producing Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass

<table>Projected biofuels (gallons/year) production capacity in US. Figure source: Congressional Research Service report number R40155. “Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) overview and issues” January 23, 2012. The starch based ethanol will saturate at 15 billion gallons/year after 2011 and the amount of cellulosic biofuels production in the US will rise as high as 16 billion gallon/year.</table>

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Figure 2: Current Challenges in Commercially Producing Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass 