The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) supports groundbreaking bioenergy technologies to produce industrially viable fuels, products, and power using renewable biomass and waste resources.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge

The U.S. Department of Energy is working with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other federal government agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy for scaling up new technologies to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a commercial scale. Learn more about the SAF Grand Challenge and BETO's SAF R&D.

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DOE Announces New AlgaePrize
U.S. DOE announces the new AlgaePrize student competition for high school students up through graduate university level.
January 13, 2022
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3 Ways the Catalyst Property Database Can Accelerate Biofuels Research
Perhaps worse than reinventing the wheel is being forced to reinvent the wheel. Unfortunately, that has been a reality for many scientists working to develop catalysts used to upgrade waste or biomass resources into climate-friendly biofuels.
January 12, 2022
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DOE Announces $13.4 M Investment to Combat Plastic Waste and Reduce Emissions Across Plastics Industry
DOE has awarded $13.4 million to seven projects for R&D of novel recycling processes and technologies to cut plastic waste and reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of single-use plastics.
January 11, 2022
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RFI: Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Fuel Scale-up and Demonstration
BETO seeks info on readiness to scale process technologies to pilot- and demonstration-scale sustainable aviation, diesel, and marine fuels.
December 23, 2021
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