The Idaho National Laboratory is collaborating with Terragia Biofuel Inc. to use preprocessing technologies at the Biomass Feedstock National User Facility (BFNUF) as the company evaluates its new biomass conversion technology.
At PNNL, AI is accelerating the US bioeconomy
By Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
February 11, 2026
PNNL researchers are using AI to help accurately predicting how organisms’ characteristics respond to not only their genes, but also their environments (a nascent field called “predictive phenomics”).
South Dakota Mines is partnering with Idaho National Laboratory on two-year project focused on improving biomass drying. The project combines advanced AI developed by Mines with cutting-edge research at INL.
The USDA on Dec. 30 announced new research and development priorities for 2026. One of the five new priorities focuses on market expansion and creating new uses for U.S. agricultural products, including for use in biofuel and bioenergy.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright launched a new chapter to secure American leadership in autonomous biological discovery on Dec. 4 alongside scientists and private partners at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Dec. 1 announced it has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as the National Laboratory of the Rockies. The change is effective immediately, according to the agency.
University of British Columbia researchers have identified a previously unknown bacterium in the Natronincolaceae family that plays a crucial role in the process of converting food waste into renewable natural gas (RNG).
Scientists at Washington State University have found a new way to produce sugar from corn stalks and other crop waste, potentially opening a new pathway to sustainable biofuels. The experimental process used ammonium sulfite-based alkali salts.
Researchers from the U.S. DOE’s Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium describe sources of feedstock variability and why it matters for biorefinery operations.
Ethanol Producer Magazine and BBI International are now accepting speaker presentation proposals for the 2025 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW). The event is scheduled for June 9-11, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska.
DOE Agile BioFoundry and ABPDU partner with industrial microbes to successfully scale up biobased process
By Gayle Bentley, Technology Manager, Conversion Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy
October 30, 2024
U.S. DOE researchers have scaled up a process that converts ethanol into a valuable precursor for consumer products, such as paints, coatings, and diapers. The researchers worked with industry partner Industrial Microbes to develop the process.
Two new studies by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis highlight one potential source of game-changing materials: purple bacteria that, with a little encouragement, can act like microscopic factories for bioplastics.
The U.S. DOE has awarded Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II funding to six bioenergy projects, including those focused on low-carbon liquid biofuels for aviation, marine and rail transportation.
SAF Magazine and the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative announced the preliminary agenda for the North American SAF Conference and Expo, being held Sept. 11-13 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Hydrosome Labs has announced a new technology to improve precision fermentation, a process that involves the customization of yeast and/or bacteria to produce specific molecules for use in a wide variety of applications, including biofuels.
In a world first, University of Sydney researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation industry.
SoCalGas is collaborating with Electrochaea and LLNL on an innovative research project that aims to develop a single-stage electro-bioreactor to transform excess renewable electricity and biogas into carbon-neutral synthetic biomethane.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Computational Science Center are hard at work enabling the conversion of biomass to fuels and products at industrial scale.
El Barbary Hassan, department professor and scientist in the Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, has received a $610,000 NIFA grant to take foundational steps toward producing viable fuels from agricultural waste.
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