| U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency Announce $6 Million to Support Development of Advanced Biofuels | | Biofuels are liquid fuels produced from renewable biological sources, including feedstocks such as plants and algae. When responsibly sourced, U.S. biofuel production can help strengthen the rural economy, move the U.S. toward greater energy independence, and support domestic production of cleaner fuels. These projects will provide industry with new technologies to meet EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program requirements to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and expand the nation's renewable fuels sector, while reducing reliance on imported transportation fuel, heating oil, and jet fuel. Using agricultural residues and wet wastes, the projects also align with DOE's 2023 Billion-Ton report, an assessment of domestic renewable carbon resources that estimates that the U.S. can sustainably provide 134 million tons of agricultural residues and 32 million tons of wet waste in the near-term. This funding will address the development of advanced biofuels through pre-pilot scale-up of integrated biorefinery technologies. The following projects were selected: - Air Company Holdings, Brooklyn, New York – Biogenic Carbon Dioxide to Drop-in Sustainable Aviation Fuel
- Erg Bio Inc., Dublin, California - Demonstration of the ASPIRE Feedstock Flexible Biomass Deconstruction and Conversion Technology at the Pre-pilot Scale
- Terragia Biofuels, Hanover, New Hampshire – Continuous Conversion of Corn Stover to Ethanol Using Engineered Thermophilic Bacteria.
About the Renewable Fuel Standard Program The RFS program, which is a national regulatory program implemented by EPA, was created by Congress with the goal of reducing GHG emissions along with expanding the nation's renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil. The program requires a certain volume of renewable fuel to replace or reduce the quantity of petroleum-based transportation fuel, heating oil, or jet fuel. The four categories of commonly used renewable fuels are: biomass-based diesel, cellulosic biofuel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. | | BETO supports technology research, development, and demonstration to accelerate greenhouse gas emissions reductions through the cost-effective and sustainable use of biomass and waste feedstocks across the U.S. economy. BETO is part of DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. | | Stay up-to-date with the latest BETO news! Sign up to receive regular communications about BETO vacancy announcements, webinars, workshops, Bioprose: Bioenergy R&D Blogs, funding opportunities, and technical reports. | | | |
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