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DOE Announces Intent to Fund Up to $36 Million for Industrial Thin-Film Photovoltaic Research, Development, and Demonstration
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Author: US DOE Published: 6/12/2023 EERE Solar Energy Technologies Office New Contest Offers Cash Prizes and Business Development Support for New and Diverse Innovators WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the American-Made Solar Prize
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Author: US DOL Staff Published: 6/9/2023 DOL Training and Employment Notice No. 28-22 PURPOSE To encourage state, local, and community workforce development grantees to partner with agencies that administer SNAP to provide access to work and job
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First Historically Black University Joins Board at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Author: US DOE Staff Published: 5/19/2023 DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EERE Funding News U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office Announces $99.5 Million FY23 Funding Opportunity The U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) today
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Author: Emma Penrod Published: 6/6/2923 Utility Dive Dive Brief: A hydrogen blending trial at Constellation Energy’s Hillabee Generating Station, a 753-MW combined cycle natural gas plant in central Alabama, operated successfully on a 38% hydrogen blend with only minor modifications
How Small and Minority Businesses Can Get a Share of the $Billions in BIL Contracting Opportunities!
Evergreen Explains: What is the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund?
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Author: US Census Bureau Staff Published: 6/5/2023 NOAA From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): “May 25, 2023: NOAA predicts a near-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. El Nino, above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures set the stage. “NOAA
Energea: Project Acquisition – Solar in the USA
Author: Published: 6/2/2023 Energea Redwood Valley, California Redwood Valley Solar in the USA We are excited to announce the latest addition to our Solar in the
National and Federal Opportunities for the week ending May 26, 2023
Author: U.S. Department of Education Published: 6/1/2023 HBCUnewsletter@ed.gov WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON ADVANCING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, EXCELLENCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THROUGH HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Announcements! HBCU Student Opportunities! U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Career Internship