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The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation last week opened applications for a historic $1.3 billion funding opportunity for electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure—including hydrogen fueling infrastructure.

The Hydrogen INTERN program will support up to 10 six-month research internships per year for graduate students interested in professional development and training for careers that support the emerging hydrogen economy.

Thirty-six student-led teams will participate in these competitions, which engage and educate students about real-world challenges facing the hydropower and marine energy sectors and career opportunities in water power.

Join the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO) Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium (ChemCatBio) on June 12, 2024, 2:00pm – 2:45pm ET, for a webinar on artificial intelligence (AI) for catalysis. AI has the potential to play a crucial role in accelerated catalyst design, discovery, and optimization of chemical processes for reducing emissions. With the help of a range of AI tools—such as machine learning, deep learning, and large language models—researchers can uncover useful guidelines for designing new and improved catalysts, for both low- and high-technology readiness level research activities.

Fifteen student teams from across the country were selected as finalists for the AlgaePrize 2023–2025 competition. As the nation’s premier algal-based student research competition, the AlgaePrize challenges students to pursue innovative ideas for the development, design, and invention of technologies within the commercial algae value chain. The 15 teams are presently conducting their proposed research and will provide research updates over the next few months. As we follow their progress, below are three facts to fuel your algae curiosity.

The University of New Hampshire won the 5th annual Marine Energy Collegiate Competition.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) released a Summary Report from a September 2023 Request for Information (RFI) on building supply chains to meet Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge goals. This RFI underscored the importance of both federal and state policies and collaborative actions by stakeholders to drive progress of SAF supply chains. View the full SAF Grand Challenge: Building Supply Chains Request for Information Summary Report.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) awarded an additional $2.18 million in funding to four additional projects as part of the Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) 2023 Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) call. Funded and led by BETO, the FCIC is a consortium of researchers at nine national laboratories dedicated to reducing the technical risks of biorefinery scale-up. This funding opportunity included competitively selected CRADAs between FCIC partner laboratories and partners from industry and academia interested in leveraging the capabilities of the FCIC.

DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office and SAMPE North America will co-host the Advanced Materials for Hydrogen Infrastructure Technologies Workshop May 22 at the SAMPE 2024 Conference and Exhibition in Long Beach, California.

In 2023, the company negotiated a license agreement for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) deacetylation and mechanical refining (DMR) process, a technology seen as important for sidestepping challenges with cellulosic biofuel facilities in the past. DMR uses a “gentle” alkaline bath and a mechanical shredder to prepare corn stover for ethanol fermentation—essential steps for accessing the energy-dense sugars locked inside.