Press Releases

Join the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office's Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium (ChemCatBio) on January 24, 2024, 2–2:45 p.m. ET for a webinar on addressing rigor and reproducibility in heterogeneous catalysis.

Flip-flops, soda bottles, plastics contaminated with pesticides, and countless other types of debris flow from the country's waterways into the ocean. Our plastics problem is so large, we don't have a grasp on the size and scope of the issue—until now.

The release of the Vision, Needs, and Proposed Actions for the Data for the Bioeconomy Initiative was announced today, a report on advancing biotechnology; improving U.S. data infrastructure and accessibility; and growing the bioeconomy across the nation’s, energy, biomanufacturing, health, and agricultural sectors.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) released a summary report following its Workshop: Transitioning to a Sustainable, Circular Economy for Plastics held June 8-9, 2023, in Seattle, Washington.

U.S. investment will leverage an additional $27 million in private sector financing

Office Will Align DOE’s World-Class Expertise on Technologies Like Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Quantum, and Semiconductors

BETO, in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, held the Bioenergy Cybersecurity Workshop on September 11, 2023, to advance the security of the rapidly emerging U.S. bioproduction infrastructure.

Recycling textiles can be challenging due to their blended materials, such as spandex or dyes, which are hard to isolate and purify. However, thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Energy I-Corps initiative, t

On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, held the BRIDGES Bioenergy 101 webinar. Attendees learned how the Bioenergy R

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, in partnership with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, are announcing the launch of the AlgaePrize 2023-2025 Competition, which challenges students to become