From the Blog

The blog describes a new software tool developed by PNNL and funded by OE that streamlines the power plant evaluation process.

DOE's 10th CyberForce Competition in 2024 in St. Charles showcased the ingenuity of cybersecurity professionals. With 100, 5-person teams, the competition brought college students and volunteers together to tackle electric grid cybersecurity challenges.

New Section 1706 Loan Guarantee Will Maintain Affordability for Customers and Improve System Resilience and Reliability

On December 16, 2024, LPO announced a conditional commitment for a direct loan of up to $754.8 million to NOVONIX to finance construction of a new facility in Chattanooga, TN to manufacture synthetic graphite, a critical component used in EV batteries.

DOE’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) funded research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where researchers achieved a milestone building a 6.5-foot turbine blade tip with novel materials.

DOE’s investments will support WEPCO in maintaining affordability for customers and meeting its public commitment to exit coal as a power generation source by the end of 2032.

The approach accommodates utility plans that include multiple individual project sites, including individual project components that may be technologically diverse, geographically varied, and at different stages of the planning and execution process.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS released final rules for the funding Tax Credit (Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code).