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Press ReleasesMarch 15, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2023 Billion-Ton Report (BT23), which shows that the U.S. could triple its production of biomass to more than 1 billion tons per year. The report—the fourth in a series of assessments of potential biomass resources in the United States since 2005—finds that 1 billion tons of biomass could satisfy over 100% of the projected demand for airplane fuel in the country, allowing the U.S. to reduce emissions in the aviation industry with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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March 10, 2024FY25 budget request includes $1.59 billion for Office of Nuclear Energy activities.Office of Nuclear Energy
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March 7, 2024Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Computational Science Center are hard at work enabling the conversion of biomass to fuels and products at industrial scale. Computational tools can model biomass conversion at scales ranging from small lab beakers to biorefineries, which can help accelerate and de-risk the newest technology developments.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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March 4, 2024The U.S Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are launching the next phase of Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance. For 2024, program eligibility has been expanded to include state governments, and the program’s scope now includes additional waste resources.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleasesFebruary 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 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 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.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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February 6, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) announced today 225 teams from 117 schools that will compete in the EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP) 2024.Office of Technology Commercialization
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Press ReleasesJanuary 31, 2024Congratulations to the 15 teams advancing as finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) AlgaePrize 2023–2025 competition! The teams, which include students from high schools, community colleges, and universities from 11 states across the United States and Puerto Rico, will each receive $10,000 in funding to support their research projects over the next 16 months.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleasesJanuary 24, 2024Summit brings experts together to discuss remediating complex sites, where contamination is present in multiple forms and locationsOffice of Legacy Management