BioSTAR: The Bioenergy Sustainability Tradeoffs Assessment Resource
BioSTAR was developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and a cross-section of stakeholders through the support of the US Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Technologies Office (DOE BETO). BioSTAR is designed to help interested users quantify and visualize the potential sustainability benefits and tradeoffs of proposed cellulosic biomass production systems at landscape scales. BioSTAR can also be used to document and share the environmental, social, and economic benefits and tradeoffs of existing U.S. bioenergy production systems with other users.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Esther Parish.
BioSTAR Prototype & Case Studies
This BioSTAR prototype contains interactive information about 4 ORNL sustainability case studies related to cellulosic bioenergy production. Download the Usability Script to walk through an example of Southeast US wood pellet production highlighted at a May 2019 international workshop hosted by the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forestry.
Use BioSTAR
The BioSTAR tool is designed to help stakeholders quantify and visualize the potential sustainability benefits and tradeoffs of cellulosic biomass production systems. Check out the "Nevada Project" example.
Please help the DOE community build a larger knowledge base by adding your bioenergy project(s) to this framework.