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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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February 9, 2024The new report was announced today, Bold Goals for U.S. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing: Harnessing Research and Development to Further Societal Goals, to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing, strengthen America’s bioeconomy and supply chain, and support American innovation.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 CO2 Reduction and Upgrading for e-Fuels Consortium (CO2RUe) is a collaboration of industry advisors and five national laboratories funded by DOE BETO. CO2RUe develops an integrated portfolio of technologies that use renewable electricity, catalysts, and microorganisms to upgrade waste carbon dioxide into e-fuels (a shorthand for electrofuels) and commodity chemicals.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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January 24, 2024During a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, LanzaJet unveiled the world’s first ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) commercial production plant in Soperton, GA. With the completion of this plant, LanzaTech, its subsidiary LanzaJet, Inc., and their partners, will optimize the process for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and reduce the cost of producing jet fuel renewable ethanol.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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January 2, 2024New resources and 2024 Office Hours are available to help educators incorporate the Bioenergy Research and Education Bridge (BRIDGES) Program into their classroom curricula! The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has developed a free bioenergy case study-based education curriculum that should take at least three classroom hours to complete.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