U.S. Department of Energy Announces More Than $64 Million for Biofuels Research to Reduce Transportation Emissions
22 projects have been selected for funding through the FY 21 Scale-Up and Conversion Funding Opportunity, totaling over $64 million. Photo courtesy of iStock.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $64 million in funding for 22 projects focused on developing technologies and processes that produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. Biofuels are made up of renewable resources and can power heavy-duty vehicles that are difficult to electrify with current technologies—including airplanes and ships—to help accelerate America’s path to a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.
These selected projects will support the newly-announced Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge: an interagency collaboration between DOE, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reduce the cost, enhance the sustainability, and expand the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
These agencies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that lays out a commitment to achieve a minimum 50% reduction in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fuel, to meet a goal of supplying sufficient SAF to meet 100% of aviation fuel demand by 2050. The MOU was presented today at a Sustainable Aviation Roundtable hosted by the White House. More information on SAF interagency collaboration beyond the MOU can be found at the Biomass Research and Development Board website.
Read more about the selected projects and the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge on the Bioenergy Technologies Office website.
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