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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.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) released new resources for Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) applicants which include a step –by-step tutorial and general funding opportunity FAQs.

California State University Maritime Academy claimed first place out of 12 student teams in the 11th annual Collegiate Wind Competition final event in Minneapolis in May 2024.

SETO launches prize to shed light on distributed solar energy generation data.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Hydrogen Program presented its annual awards at the 2024 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting on May 6.

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office announced that Dr. Tanya Agarwal of Los Alamos National Laboratory is the winner of the 2024 Postdoctoral Recognition Award for her work in advancing ionomer durability in membranes and electrodes.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), and Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) have jointly released the Progression to Net-Zero Emission Propulsion Technologies for the Off-Road Sector request for information. The purpose of this RFI is to understand the off-road sector alternative propulsion technology preferences, technologies that seem most promising, and the key barriers to achieving the transition to net-zero emissions by 2050.

The detailed planning document provides guidance for research, development, and demonstration activities critical to accelerating the hydrogen economy.

In case you missed it, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) released the video recording, presentation slides, and a transcript from the 2023 Billion-Ton Informational Webinar, which was held virtually on April 16, 2024. During the webinar, four speakers provided their expertise on information within the 2023 Billion-Ton Report (BT23), which was released in March.