Author: US DOE Staff Published: 4/5/2023 Weekly Jolt
FUNDING UPDATES
EERE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office plans to release a funding opportunity that will create one or more university-led Centers of Excellence to increase offshore wind expertise at U.S. universities; develop partnerships to address offshore wind development challenges; and educate the next generation of offshore wind experts in the United States.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Eleven collegiate teams across the globe have spent nearly two years designing and building full-size, high-performance, low-carbon houses in DOE’s Solar Decathlon Build Challenge, a competition that prepares the next generation of clean energy building professionals. From April 4–18, visit one of the free community open houses.
RENEWABLE NEWS
EERE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office announced additional funding for two small businesses working to accelerate wind energy deployment as part of DOE’s Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. The companies were awarded from $600,000–$1,100,000 each in Phase II to expand on previous work and move their technologies toward commercial application.
EERE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office announced the Phase One winners of the Floating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize, a first-of-its-kind initiative to tackle the floating offshore wind energy industry’s biggest supply chains challenges. Each of the FLOWIN Prize’s nine winners will receive $100,000 cash and $75,000 in vouchers for technical support from DOE’s National Laboratories.
ENERGY EQUITY
Carbon-based infrastructure has disproportionately harmed people of color, low-income communities, and indigenous communities. Read about DOE’s efforts to ensure that energy equity and environmental justice are woven into every program and initiative DOE launches.
CLEAN ENERGY IN ACTION
DOE’s Undersecretary of Science and Innovation, Geraldine Richmond, learned a bit about chemistry from hanging out in her mom’s beauty salon. From Kansas farm girl to scientist, read about Richmond’s distinguished career and the work she’s doing at DOE to make sure the science and engineering workforce looks like America.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
DOE is providing $250 million in funding to support energy and water conversation measures that will reduce emissions from government facilities.
DOE has begun the installation of a high-performance computing system, Kestrel, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Kestrel will accelerate computations at five times the speed of current supercomputers dedicated to clean energy research and will advance large-scale simulation and planning for future energy systems.
DOE Launches Second Round of Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship Program
DOE launched the second round of the Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship, a workforce development program that matches recent graduates and new energy professionals to key energy organizations. Fellows will spend up to two years supporting projects that Host institutions identify as critical to enhancing grid resilience. Host institution applications are due April 27. Fellowship applications are due June 8.
EVENTS and WEBINARS
April 5 | 1 p.m. ET
Join experts for an in-depth review related to three open requests for proposals about the Clean Energy to Communities technical partnerships related to renewable energy, mobility, and buildings.
April 11 | 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. ET
Join this virtual workshop convened by Li-Bridge, a public-private alliance managed by DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory, to learn about the acceleration of our domestic battery supply chain.
April 11–13
Join the Better Buildings Better Plants initiative in Washington, D.C. for its annual summit exploring emerging technologies and innovative strategies in energy efficiency, decarbonization, water, and waste reduction with partners and key stakeholders.
April 24 -28 | 9 a.m. –5 p.m. ET
Join EERE’s Buildings Technologies Office for its tenth annual review, with special sessions on advanced building construction; Building America; Healthy Buildings; Technology-to-Market; and the launch of its National Emerging Technologies Collaborative.