A Plan with Purpose
Almost 5.6 billion gallons of petroleum-based liquid fuels are consumed by North Carolinians every year.  None is produced in North Carolina.  The net effect is no revenue for North Carolina and dependence on other states and countries for fuel.

Considering these concerns, 70 North Carolina leaders, including legislative, corporate, and academic heads, met to create a liquid biofuels industry.  To achieve this aim, they devised North Carolina's Strategic Plan for Biofuels Leadership, which comprises nine strategies.

These strategies outline the means to develop a liquid biofuels industry in North Carolina that is substantial in output, agriculturally and economically important, sustainable, and significant.   The plan combines bold vision with brevity. The 24-page document has nine realistic strategies for the Biofuels Center to implement.

Strategy 1 • Ten percent of fuels sold in NC will be locally grown and produced by 2017
Strategy 2 • The Biofuels Center will provide leadership in developing the biofuels sector
Strategy 3 • Maximizing economic and rural development through sustained policy
Strategy 4 • Creating of the biofuels sector in North Carolina and then enabling the state to take a leadership role for the state in the Mid-Atlantic and
Southern region
Strategy 5 • Create a plan to successfully connect feedstock growers with biofuels producers
Strategy 6 • Accelerate effective science, research, and development capabilities
Strategy 7 • Establish a nationally unique Advanced Biofuels Acceleration Facility
Strategy 8 • Develop a skilled workforce and advance public commitment to local biofuels
Strategy 9 • Identify and implement appropriate and targeted legislative incentives along the biofuels value chain.

North Carolina's Strategic Plan for Biofuels Leadership can be downloaded here: