The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to a Resilient US Bioeconomy

Valerie Reed, Director of the USDOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), discussed building A Resilient US Bioeconomy. She outlined benefits including job creation, strengthening national security via domestic supply chains, supporting ethanol producers, investing in communities, improving health, and achieving carbon reductions. BETO’s RD&D priorities focus on affordability, efficiency, and security for domestic biofuels and biobased chemicals. Key priorities include cost reduction, secure supply chains, diverse carbon sources, and targeting non-road sectors like aviation.