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DOE Hits the Road to Showcase Decarbonization of American Buildings and Plants
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today launched the first season of the Better Climate Challenge Road Show, a video series highlighting the leadership of public and private organizations in decarbonizing buildings and industrial plants.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $135 Million to Reduce Emissions Across America’s Industrial Sector
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $135 million for 40 projects that will reduce carbon pollution from the industrial sector and move the nation toward a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 by advancing key transformational and innovative technologies.
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DOE Announces Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize Winners
This week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced six grand prize winners of the Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13.5 Million Investment to Equitably Grow Solar Energy Workforce
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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DOE Launches New Round of American-Made Solar Prize
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 7
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First Historically Black University Joins Board at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Howard University, one of the nation’s leading historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), became the first HBCU to join the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) governing alliance board of directors, which consists of leaders from universities with top-tier science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs.
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DOE Launches New Energy Earthshot to Decarbonize Transportation and Industrial Sectors
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the launch of the Clean Fuels & Products ShotTM, a new initiative that aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products critical to our way of life.
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DOE Announces Nearly $60 Million to Advance Clean Hydrogen Technologies and Improve the Electric Power Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $42 million in funding for 22 projects in 14 states to advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $150 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced a $150-million investment into the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that will help the laboratory keep America on the cutting edge of clean-energy technology and lead the world in the transition to carbon-free power sources.
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DOE Announces Winners of 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the winners of the 10th annual Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC).
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DOE Announces $187 Million to Ensure Widespread And Accelerated Electrification of America’s Transportation Sector
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new $99.5 million funding opportunity in addition to the selection of 45 projects totaling $87 million to advance production of next-generation electric vehicle (EV) technologies, train the future electrified transportation workforce, and ensure the equitable deployment of clean mobility options in disadvantaged communities.
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests $51 Million in America's Electric Vehicle Charging Network
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced a $51 million Ride and Drive Electric funding opportunity through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to accelerate the electrification of the nation's transportation sector and spur private sector investments in clean transportation.
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DOE Selects Arizona State University to Lead New Institute to Drive Industrial Decarbonization through Electrification of Process Heat
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of Arizona State University to lead the seventh Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Winners of the 2023 Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competitions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the winners of the 2023 Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC) and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC).
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests $26 Million to Support a Modern, Reliable, and Resilient American Clean Energy Grid
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $26 million for eight selected projects to demonstrate how solar, wind, storage, and other clean energy resources can support a reliable and efficient U.S. power grid.
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Biden-Harris Administration Releases Nearly $600 Million to Modernize and Advance Water Power Across America
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $600 million to modernize hydroelectric power and advance marine energy throughout America.
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DOE Announces $7.75 Million Investment in HBCUs to Support STEM Workforce
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Clean Energy Education Prize, a competition that will help HBCU institutions develop programming to strengthen the participation of K-12 and community college students in science, technology, engineering, and technology (STEM) fields.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Investments to Support and Accelerate Community Solar Across America
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced several new solar energy investments to cut home electricity bills and reduce local pollution.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $82 Million Investment to Increase Domestic Solar Manufacturing and Recycling, Strengthen the American Clean Energy Grid
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $52 million for 19 selected projects, including $10 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to strengthen America’s domestic solar supply chain, and $30 million in funding for technologies that will help integrate solar energy into the grid. The research, development, and demonstration projects aim to enhance domestic solar manufacturing, support the recycling of solar panels, and develop new American-made solar technologies.
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U.S. Department of Energy Furthers Commitment to Advancing Composites Manufacturing Through Innovation Institute Renewal
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy publicly announced its decision to renew funding for its Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), one of DOE’s six existing Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes.