Event to address technical barriers to transportation fuel deployment.
The Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) at the U.S. Department of Energy aims to identify and address key technical barriers to the commercial deployment of liquid transportation fuels from waste feedstocks. As a part of this effort, BETO is organizing a Waste-to-Energy Roadmapping Workshop Nov. 5-6 at the DoubleTree Hotel Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.
Workshop participants will join facilitated breakout sessions to discuss anaerobic digestion, hydrothermal liquefaction, and other processes that make productive use of wastewater residuals, biosolids, foodstuffs, and organic municipal solid waste. These discussions will be synthesized and used in developing a waste-to-energy technology roadmap.
The breakout sessions will focus on the following proposed topic areas:
- anaerobic digestion of wastewater residuals and biosolids;
- anaerobic digestion of foodstuffs and other organic municipal solid waste;
- hydrothermal liquefaction of wastewater residuals and biosolids; and
- other conversion processes of foodstuffs and other organic municipal solid waste.
Information gathered during the workshop on the challenges and barriers related to the efficient production of biofuels and bio-based chemicals from wet waste feedstocks will be summarized in a report to be made publically available several weeks after the event.
The workshop will be on Nov. 5. On the morning of Nov. 6, an optional tour of DC Water’s Blue Plains Facility is available for those who are interested. The tour is expected to conclude by noon.
Registration for this workshop is free, but space is limited. To register, visit the Waste to Energy Roadmapping Workshop Registration webpage at https://ww2.eventrebels.com/er/Registration/RegistrationWaitingList.jsp?ActivityID=11536.
Lodging is available at the DoubleTree Hotel Crystal City from Nov. 4-6 for a discounted group rate. This special rate is subject to availability. For reservations, visit the BETO WTE Roadmapping Workshop Room Block Website at https://aws.passkey.com/event/12019314/owner/1591/home.
