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BETO offers a range of materials providing information on BETO activities, research, publications, tools, multimedia, and terminology.

Information on bioenergy careers and workforce development, plus STEM and other educational resources.

The AlgaePrize, is a U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) national competition, in partnership with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. AlgaePrize 2025–2027, part of DOE’s American-Made Challenges, is the third competition.

Join the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) BioenergizeME Infographic Challenge, where 9th through 12th-grade student teams use technology to learn

Biopower technologies convert renewable biomass fuels into heat and electricity using processes similar to those used with fossil fuels.

Bioenergy Career Map: Natural Resources Technician

BETO’s Advanced Algal Systems Program focuses on improving productivity of algal biomass and enhancing cultivation and harvesting efficiency.

The Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office (AFFO), formerly known as the Bioenergy Technologies Office works to enables research, development and demonstration (RD&D) to accelerate technology commercialization for the production, storage, delivery and use of alternative fuels, fertilizers, chemicals, and feedstocks. develop industrially relevant technologies to enable domestically produced biofuels and bioproducts...

Algae production R&D focuses on exploring resource use and availability, algal biomass development and improvements, characterizing algal biomass...