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The 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.

The 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.

The 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.

The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office's Bioenergy Research and Education Bridge (BRIDGES) Program is an educational development program designed to assist educators in teaching bioenergy topics to help prepare the future bioenergy workforce. This is a primer on the program.

The 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.

The 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.

On 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.