On June 6-7, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri, the DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted a workshop titled Deploying Purpose-Grown Energy Crops for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The workshop discussed successes, challenges, information gaps, opportunities, and novel ideas for deploying these energy crops. This is the workshop report.
February 6, 2024
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The Deploying Purpose-Grown Energy Crops for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) workshop, hosted by the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), brought together stakeholders from industry, governmental organizations, DOE national laboratories, academia, among others, to address a potential future research strategy related to the large-scale cultivation of purpose-grown energy crops that can provide feedstocks for biofuels and bioproducts production.
Through presentations, panel discussions, Q & A sessions, breakout sessions and 3X5 presentations, the workshop participants provided input on information gaps preventing deployment of purpose-grown energy crops, strategies to overcome these gaps, innovative solutions for long-term sustainable success, and ways to expand stakeholder networks.
This workshop report provides an overview and summary of the presentations, breakout session discussions and outcomes.
Deploying Purpose-Grown Energy Crops for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Workshop: Summary Report