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Press ReleaseJanuary 20, 202220 years. 25,000+ alumni. 40 countries. 6 international competitions.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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Press ReleaseDecember 16, 2021Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm visited Gar Creek Solar, a new community solar site in Kankakee County, Illinois. The National Community Solar Partnership announced that their 2022 Annual Summit will take place on January 25.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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Success StoryDecember 1, 2021In 2011, DOE awarded startup Alencon Systems $3 million to develop a utility-scale inverter system for solar PV plants. Since then, the company has manufactured its innovative product and is helping grow the domestic solar supply chain.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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November 29, 2021Joining with other people who also want to go solar can result in saved money through the bulk purchase of solar systems.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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Success StoryNovember 17, 2021In 2018, Fend received $150,000, its first round of funding through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research program, to prove that its idea for a low-cost, easily installed device that enhances the security of solar energy systems could work.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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Press ReleaseNovember 8, 2021It’s the 20th anniversary of the Solar Decathlon, and 133 teams from 107 collegiate institutions are off to the races!Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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October 25, 2021The U.S. Department announced the American-Made Challenges Perovskite Startup Prize finalist and launched the American-Made Challenges Solar Forecasting Prize.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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October 19, 2021The U.S. Department of Energy awarded nearly $40 million to 40 projects that are advancing the next generation of solar, storage, and industrial technologies.Energy.gov
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October 13, 2021If you want to power your home with clean energy and lower your electricity bills, but live in an apartment or multifamily home, don’t own your roof, or your roof isn’t suitable for a solar energy system, you can subscribe to a community solar project.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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Press ReleaseOctober 12, 2021The U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Savannah, Georgia to join U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff to tour the site of next-generation of clean fuels manufacturing and meet with community and environmental justice leaders.Energy.gov