DOE BETO Announced Funding to Accelerate SAF Technologies
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced $2.5 million in funding, with an industry match of $2.5 million, for four projects selected from the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). Two of these projects are focused on SAF technologies:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - $900,000
• Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Cellulosic Ethanol – in partnership with Gevo, Inc., Englewood, Colorado
Argonne National Laboratory - $154,000
• Scaling up Arrested Methanogenesis Technology for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production – in partnership with Great Lakes Water Authority, Detroit, Michigan; University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; and Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc., Humble, Texas.
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Twelve Breaks Ground on Moses Lake SAF Facility
In July, Twelve broke ground on its commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel production facility in Moses Lake, Washington. The facility is expected to begin producing fuel in mid-2024 at a capacity of approximately five barrels a day (40,000 gallons per year), with plans to quickly increase production capacity.
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