News from May 2023


C&T Subcommittee Advances Seven Bills to Close the Digital Divide

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee members yesterday advanced solutions during a Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup. The bills will help streamline the permitting process and deploy broadband faster and more effectively, which will help Americans get connected in communities across the country and close the digital divide.


DOE Announces $187 Million to Ensure Widespread And Accelerated Electrification of America’s Transportation Sector

Release: As Part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, New Funding and 45 Projects Will Increase Efficiency, Accessibility and Cost-Effectiveness of Electric Vehicles While Invigorating Workers to Lead the Clean Transportation Revolution


Biden-Harris Administration Invests $51 Million in America’s Electric Vehicle Charging Network

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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. ...


LM Makes a Splash at 28th Annual Western Colorado Children’s Water Festival

News Release: It was the first session of the morning, but before she could give her water-quality presentation to the fifth graders gathered at her booth, Sara Woods had to fire up the crowd.


26 notices published in week ending May 6 by Energy Department

There were 26 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending May 6, according to the Federal Register.


Quantum entanglement could make accelerometers and dark matter detectors more precise

The “spooky action at a distance” that once unnerved Einstein may be on its way to being as pedestrian as the gyroscopes that currently measure acceleration in smartphones.


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.


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.


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.


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).


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.


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.


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.


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).


U.S. Department of Energy Announces Winners of Inaugural American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize 

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced the nine Phase 1 winners of the inaugural American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize.


Energy Department Selects Six National Laboratories to Validate Battery Energy Storage Performance

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced a team of six DOE national laboratories to receive a total of $2 million to carry out the Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI).


Biden-Harris Administration Invests $251 Million to Expand Infrastructure to Support CO2 Transport and Storage

As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $251 million to support 12 selected projects across seven states that will bolster the nation’s carbon management capabilities.


DOE Seeks Information on the Use of Unconventional and Secondary Sources as Feedstocks to Rebuild and Secure a Domestic Critical Minerals Supply Chain

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has released a Request for Information (RFI) that seeks input on the regional assessment and production of rare earth elements, critical minerals, and novel high-value, nonfuel carbon-based products from unconventional and secondary feedstocks such as coal and coal by-products and effluent waters from oil and natural gas development and production.


DOE Awards $22.1 Million to Advance Promising Nuclear Technologies

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $22.1 million to 10 industry-led projects, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy and one focused on bringing a microreactor design closer to deployment.