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This month's Renewable Energy Champion, Alicia Mahon, is a wind energy program manager whose work with buoy technology has contributed to keeping the U.S. offshore wind industry afloat.

DOE announced $150 million for research into the crosscutting foundational science for multiple Energy Earthshots, including the Floating Offshore Wind Shot.

Project analyzes the many benefits of distributed wind for communities across the United States.

This edition’s Renewable Energy Champion is NREL’s Anthony Lopez, a geospatial data scientist and senior researcher who was recently named the Most Promising Scientist by Great Minds in STEM.

This multi-year program from DOE helps communities develop realistic roadmaps to achieve their renewable energy goals.

DOE announced $300 million for projects that increase energy affordability and promote environmental compatibility and $15 million for a prize competition to help rural communities build the capacity needed for energy development and deployment.

Far from being batty or bird-brained, this technology quantifies the flight activity of birds and bats at remote locations targeted for offshore wind farm development.

DOE’s Office of Electricity, WETO, and Solar Energy Technologies Office has issued a new funding opportunity to help accelerate grid-enhancing technologies that can facilitate renewable energy, like dynamic line rating and power flow controllers.

The Ocean Energy Safety Institute, funded by DOE and others, published a research road map for wind energy that identifies strategic targets and pathways based on needs and gaps.

The New York State Environmental Technical Working Group has created a database that compiles data gaps and research needs for the environmental effects of offshore wind energy development along the U.S. Atlantic Coast