Renewable Fuel Promotion

The Texas Bioenergy Policy Council and the Texas Bioenergy Research Committee were established to promote the goal of making biofuels a significant part of the energy industry in Texas by January 1, 2019. The Policy Council is tasked with the following:

• Provide a vision for unifying the state’s agricultural, energy, and research strengths in a successful launch of a cellulosic biofuel and bioenergy industry;
• Foster development of cellulosic and bio-based fuels;
• Pursue the creation of a next-generation biofuels energy research program at a university in the state;
• Pursue federal and other funding to position the state as a bioenergy leader;
• Study the feasibility and economic development effect of a blending requirement for biodiesel or cellulosic fuels;
• Pursue the development and use of thermochemical process technologies to produce alternative chemical feedstocks; and
• Study the feasibility and economic development of the requirements for renewable natural gas.

(Reference Texas Statutes, Agriculture Code 50D)