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Press ReleasesNovember 9, 2021NNSA's Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program has awarded nine new grants totaling $38.8 million to build more partnerships with Minority-Serving Institutions, leverage untapped students, and expand its talent pipeline.National Nuclear Security Administration
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Press ReleasesSeptember 23, 2021NNSA awarded $7 million for workforce development and training supporting plutonium pit production to minority-serving educational institutions in New Mexico and South Carolina.National Nuclear Security Administration
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September 8, 2016The Energy Department's Wave Energy Prize teams are putting their devices in the water at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Bethesda, Maryland. Nine teams are assembling their devices onsite before testing them in the tank.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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May 17, 2016One of the fastest ways to lower solar soft costs is by having a well-trained workforce. That's why the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative is expanding its current support of the solar workforce through its Solar Training and Education for Professi...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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April 25, 2016Harnessing the power of water to generate electricity means finding new locations that can be upgraded with hydropower technology. The Energy Department is opening applications for a new round of funding to identify facilities that might be capable of ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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March 2, 2016A $22 million funding opportunity to study marine and hydrokinetic energy systems was announced today by the Energy Department. The projects funded will help improve monitoring to reduce environmental impacts and lower the cost of generating electricit...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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February 25, 2016When buying a solar power system, hardware is not the only expense. There are also "soft costs": permits, financing, installation costs, and more. ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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EERE SunShot’s SHINES Program: Enabling a Rapidly Solarizing Electricity Grid Through Energy StorageBlogJanuary 19, 2016The Department of Energy has recently created the Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI), an ongoing effort that reflects the Obama Administration’s commitment to improve the resiliency, reliability, and security of the nation’s grid, while adding gro...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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December 29, 2015It may come as no surprise to our readers that California has installed more solar energy than any other state. Its solar-friendly market has allowed for rapid installation, adding as much solar to the grid in 2014 as the entire United States did betwe...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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December 1, 2015The Energy Department is providing $4 million in funding to develop new technologies to locate and extract valuable rare earth elements from fluids produced by geothermal and other deep earth drilling.Geothermal Technologies Office