Press Releases

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced the selectees of $15 million in awards to show that new Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) technologies will work reliably and cost effectively in the field.

OE today announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) for a $15M funding opportunity for cost-shared research, development, and demonstration projects to facilitate large-scale demonstration of innovative storage technologies that support energy resiliency needs. Three projects will be selected of up to $5 million for each award.

OE announced the $125,000 Science Synthesis Prize to expand the renewable energy research community. It is part of the GRIT Prize Series.

The Office of Electricity announced a RFI on the challenges of designing energy storage technologies for manufacturing.

This RFI solicits feedback on a proposed Blue Sky Training Program to train first responders, law enforcement agencies, local communities, and utilities on responding to unanticipated failures of energy storage systems.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $1M for New Energy Storage Technical Assistance Vouchers.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity is accepting nominations through April 19, 2024, for the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC). Nominees with strong technical knowledge and expertise within the electricity sector are preferred.

DOE announced an $18M funding opportunity for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT). Up to 9 projects will research advanced transformers to improve grid reliability and ease transformer supply chains.

The Office of Electricity launches the $2.25 million American-Made Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize.