The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a San Francisco Bay Area research partnership that combines scientific expertise, resources, and support of four national laboratories, five academic institutions, and one industry partner. Led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in partnership with Sandia National Laboratory, JBEI is sponsored by the DOE Office of Science (SC) with a missions to advance the development of the next generation of biofuels—liquid fuels derived from the solar energy stored in plant biomass.
The vision of JBEI is that bioenergy crops can be converted into economically viable, carbon-neutral biofuels and renewable chemicals currently derived from petroleum, and many other bioproducts that cannot be efficiently produced from petroleum.