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Press ReleasesAugust 17, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is committed to strengthening its relationships with aviation industry partners, including fuel producers, biofuel crop growers, researchers, academia, state/local/tribal government...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleasesAugust 15, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) today announced $2.5 million in funding, with an industry match of $2.5 million, for four projects selected from the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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June 22, 2023As part of a newly established collaborative, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) will co-lead an effort to establish a bioindustrial manufacturing capability in California’s Northern region.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleasesJune 20, 2023To advance the emissions reduction of worldwide shipping, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking to understand the maritime industry’s current alternative fuels trajectory,Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleasesMay 24, 2023U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the launch of the Clean Fuels & Products Shot, which aims to significantly reduce emissions from carbon-based fuels and products critical to our way of life...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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May 15, 2023A new workflow developed by researchers at the Agile BioFoundry (ABF), a U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office-funded consortium of national laboratories and Agilent Research Laboratories (Agilent) addresses this need. The workflowAlternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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April 18, 2023In 2019, after three years of fuel and engine research, the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative selected and recommended 10 different bio-blendstocks that could be used to make gasoline fuel...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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New Consortium Advances Technologies That Use Renewable Electricity to Turn Carbon Dioxide into FuelPress ReleasesMarch 31, 2023A new consortium of five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories is developing an integrated portfolio of technologies that use renewable electricity to upgrade carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and chemicals.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleasesMarch 29, 2023A new report, Bold Goals for U.S. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing was announced.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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March 24, 2023I am proud to announce the release of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO) new Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP). The MYPP details our mission, goals, and strategies to enable the widespread adoption of bioenergy...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office