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ABPDU Celebrates a Decade of Bio-Innovation

August 26, 2021

ABPDU researchers in the laboratory using equipment

Ten years ago, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the opening of a brand new, 15,000-square-foot facility full of stainless steel state-of-the-art bioprocessing equipment – what we now know as the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit, or ABPDU, was officially open for business.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, ABPDU set out to provide a boost to the development of advanced biofuels – renewable fuels that produce at least 50% less greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels. ABPDU’s facility would serve as an industry-scale proving ground for biofuel discoveries made at lab bench-scale.

Q&A: How Microorganisms Can Help Us Get to Net Negative Emissions

March 25, 2021

A project led by Eric Sundstrom, a research scientist at the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU), combines biology and electrochemistry to produce complex molecules, all powered by renewable energy. Sundstrom spoke with Berkeley Lab on how this technology could help combat climate change.

ABPDU Hosts Industry Listening Day

October 29, 2019

The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) hosted an Industry Listening Day on Oct. 28th in Emeryville, CA. Twenty four companies participated in the event and provided valuable feedback. 

This event gave ABPDU the unique opportunity to generate a thorough understanding of industry-wide issues. This feedback will guide ABPDU in further supporting the biomanufacturing community and the greater bioeconomy. 

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