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  • How Technoeconomic Analyses Pave the Way to a Low-Carbon Future

    How Technoeconomic Analyses Pave the Way to a Low-Carbon Future

    Scientists in the Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab are answering key questions about emerging technologies with technoeconomic analysis, a data-driven way to predict the best routes to decarbonization. Technoeconomic analysis uses computer models to evaluate the cost implications and potential environmental impacts of emerging technologies. This type of predictive analysis can be used to support decision-making by researchers, industry stakeholders, regulators, and policy-makers.

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  • DOE Renews Funding for Joint BioEnergy Institute

    DOE Renews Funding for Joint BioEnergy Institute

    The Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), was selected as one of four Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Centers (BRC) to be awarded a combined total of $590 million to support innovative research on biofuels and bioproducts.

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  • ABPDU Hosts 2023 Industry Listening Day

    ABPDU Hosts 2023 Industry Listening Day

    The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) hosted its 2023 Industry Listening Day on March 7, 2023. Representatives from 41 entities, including 28 companies, participated in the event. 

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  • Agile BioFoundry Selects New Projects

    Agile BioFoundry Selects New Projects

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced the selection of five external collaborations totaling over $3.7 million to conduct research and development needed to accelerate the U.S. biomanufacturing sector. Working with scientists in the Agile BioFoundry (ABF) consortium, these industry and academic groups will leverage national laboratory capabilities to address challenges in biomanufacturing.

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  • ABPDU’s Gas Capture Capability Enables Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Molecule

    ABPDU’s Gas Capture Capability Enables Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Molecule

    The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU), a research facility funded by Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), collaborated with BETO’s Bioprocessing Separations Consortium, Argonne National Laboratory, and Amyris Inc., a leading synthetic biology company, to develop new experimental setups and technologies to advance volatile product capture.

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