The federal government is a major player in the renewable energy space through tax credits and other subsidies, but even as those fade it has a vital role to play through the scale of its fuel and energy purchases.

As the advanced biofuels industry prepares for an era of widespread commercialization matched by shrinking subsidies, leading executives from companies like Amyris and Gevo are laying out their priorities and plans for the coming year and beyond.

Government purchases – including those by the military – will continue to be vital, but so will public markets and private investors interested in financing construction of new production facilities and other infrastructure, as several leading biofuels executives point out in this video from the Advanced Biofuels Association.

Advanced biofuels can play a role in backing out foreign oil, one executive says as the video closes, keeping the US energy future in line with recent DOE predictions for falling imports.