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Press ReleaseFebruary 13, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced their intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support research and development (R&D) projects in the conversion of algae and other wet waste feedstocks to low carbon fuels, chemicals and agricultural products.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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BRIDGES Program Factsheet - Farm to Flight: Are Sustainable Aviation Fuels Good for the Environment?DocumentFebruary 9, 2024The DOE BETO Bioenergy Research and Education Bridge Program (BRIDGES) creates partnerships with high schools, community/technical colleges, and universities to utilize and develop educational case studies aligned to the needs of the bioenergy industry workforce. This is a factsheet for the program.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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February 9, 2024The Bioenergy Technologies Office—a branch of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy—supports the research, development, and demonstration of technologies that mobilize renewable carbon resources across the U.S. economy.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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DocumentFebruary 6, 2024On June 6-7, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri, the DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted a workshop titled Deploying Purpose-Grown Energy Crops for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The workshop discussed successes, challenges, information gaps, opportunities, and novel ideas for deploying these energy crops. This is the workshop report.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleaseDecember 15, 2023Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleaseNovember 17, 2023Recognizing that the rail sector generates two percent of U.S. transportation emissions, the Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Request for Information (RFI) to understand applicable emissions reduction strategies. The purpose of tAlternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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November 2, 2023The CO2 Reduction and Upgrading for e-Fuels Consortium (CO2RUe) develops and derisks advanced technologies that use renewable electricity to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into e-fuels and commodity chemicals...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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October 31, 2023The U.S. transportation sector, including cars, trucks, airplanes, ships, and trains, accounts for 34% of the nation’s emissions.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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October 24, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) hosted a two-day webinar series, Biocarbon Incorporation into Transportation Fuels via Co-processing in Refineries, to highlight the key takeaways from the Bio-oil Co-processing wiAlternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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October 6, 2023NREL’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from wet waste is produced using catalysts that build energy-dense hydrocarbons out of volatile fatty acids—made by fermenting wet waste in anaerobic digesters. The resulting SAF is compatible with existing jet engineAlternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office