Biofuels and biomass technology continue to be hot in the cleantech sector this year.
The Obama Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture continue to promote advanced biofuels and now, in an effort to craft useful policy, they welcome comments from the public. See April 19, 2010 developments wherein the federal government is receiving public comments for three biofuel loan guarantee and payment programs.
Additionally, the patent filings in the area are increasingly substantial. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent publication program began in 2001 and with that came a start-up period for all the applications to be published. While the success of patents in this area of technology took several years to gain traction, the past couple years have seen double and even triple increases as reflected in the data below.