Welcome to: WOOD-TO-WHEELS

Wood-To-Wheels is a collaborative program of the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) to establish a transportation fuel system based upon woody biomass. SFI collaborators are researching innovations that address the entire value chain from plant genomics to consumer attitudes. The goal is to increase the overall efficiency of converting solar energy captured in forest and other biomass resources.

Collaborators are focusing on:

• Center of Energy Excellence: Developing Cellulosic Ethanol Supply Chain,
• MUSES: Generating Automotive Fuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass,
• Life Cycle Assessments of Biofuels,
• Co-Production of Biofuels and Biopolymers,
• Ethanol Flex-Fuel Engine Optimization,
• Federal Biomass Removal Projects,
• Biomass Co-Firing, and
• Retail Life-Cycle Assessments.