{"id":150647,"date":"2024-09-19T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=150647"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:25:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T11:25:43","slug":"beto-accelerates-innovation-to-advance-the-u-s-bioeconomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/beto-accelerates-innovation-to-advance-the-u-s-bioeconomy\/","title":{"rendered":"BETO Accelerates Innovation to Advance the U.S. Bioeconomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Emerging bioenergy technologies, including everything from clothing to plastics to fuels, are transforming the foundation of our lives. Through biotechnology and biomanufacturing, sustainable biomass across the United States can be converted into new materials and provide an alternative to petroleum-based production for fuels and products. The U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE\u2019s)\u00a0Bioenergy Technologies Office<\/a>\u00a0(BETO) is doing its part to strengthen America\u2019s bioeconomy and supply chain to support clean energy innovation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House recently released the\u00a0Biden-\u2060Harris Administration\u2019s Actions to Advance American Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing<\/a> Fact Sheet in response to a September 2022\u00a0Executive Order, known as the\u00a0National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative.<\/a>\u00a0Actions outlined also support the 2023 report,\u00a0Bold Goals for U.S. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing: Harnessing Research and Development to Further Societal Goals<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0The President\u2019s commitment to a clean energy economy has spurred\u00a0$29 billion<\/a>\u00a0in public and private sector biomanufacturing investments for projects across the country since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recently released White House fact sheet highlights BETO\u2019s progress to support long-term success of the nation\u2019s bioeconomy. Several BETO-funded projects across its bioenergy industry consortia<\/a> and DOE national laboratory system<\/a> are making an impact to enable substantial investments that translate scientific discoveries into commercial applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decarbonizing the Transportation, Industrial, and Agricultural Sectors<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The White House highlighted BETO\u2019s successes through several investments, including DOE\u2019s Clean Fuels & Products Shot\u2122<\/a>, the seventh initiative in the DOE Energy Earthshots\u2122 portfolio<\/a>, focusing on decarbonizing the fuel and chemical industry through alternative sources of carbon. BETO hosted a two-day virtual summit in April 2024 that gathered stakeholders across government, industry, academia, and non-profit organizations to learn about the Clean Fuels & Products Shot\u2019s objectives, progress, priorities, and future plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Clean Fuels & Products Shot supports the\u00a0Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge<\/a> and the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 through developing the sustainable feedstocks and conversion technologies necessary to produce crucial fuels and carbon-based products in sectors that are difficult to fully decarbonize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decarbonization of America\u2019s transportation and industrial sectors depends on a significant increase in the production of renewable biomass for use in liquid fuel, bio-based chemicals, and other products. BETO\u2019s actions to support the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s decarbonization goals align with the recently released 2023 Billion-Ton Report<\/a> (BT23), which shows that the U.S. could sustainably triple its production of biomass to more than 1 billion tons per year, producing an estimated 60 billion gallons of low greenhouse gas liquid fuels.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biomass resources, like energy crops, in a future mature market can provide more than 400 million tons of biomass per year above current uses. Funding announcements, such as the Regional Resource Hubs for Purpose-Grown Energy Crops<\/a>, supportdriving research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of low-carbon-intensity, purpose-grown energy crops critical to accelerating a clean energy economy to produce bioproducts and biofuels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House Highlight’s BETO\u2019s Support of Demonstration-Scale Biomanufacturing Facilities  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Scaling up SAF is a priority for BETO, and the Biden-Harris Administration is highlighting BETO\u2019s support of $151 million to scale technologies, including demonstration-scale biomanufacturing facilities to produce millions of gallons of low-carbon fuel annually.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n